Japan's dances and dramas as they are seen today contain 1300 years of continuous uninterrupted history. This prodigious feat of conservation, theatrically speaking, makes Japan an extraordinary and unique country. In all of Asia, where tradition generally is sanctified and change eschewed, Japan stands as the only country whose theatre is its entirety has never suffered an eclipse nor undergone any drastic revivification or renovation. The most traditional form of Japanese theatre is kabuki. Its origin …showed first 75 words of 2356 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2356 total…the fact that it is now a crystallized form. Kabuki has thus retained, and seems destined to retain, a place in the nation's pride and affection. Works Cited Bowers, Faubion. Theatre in the East. New York. Grove Press, Inc., 1993 Hsu, Tao-Ching. The Japanese Conception of the Theatre. Seattle. University of <Tab/>Washington Press, 1985. Mackerras, Colin. The Japanese Theatre in Modern Times. Amherst. University of <Tab/>Massachusetts Press, 1975.