Kurofune (opera)

Kurofune ("The Black Ships") is a 1940 Japanese-language western-style opera by Kosaku Yamada, which is regarded as the first Japanese opera. It is based on the black ships story of Tojin Okichi and a geisha "caught up in the turmoil that swept Japan in the waning years of the Tokugawa shogunate". ^[1]^[2]

References

^ "'Black Ships' opera". New National Theatre Tokyo.
^ "Simon Holledge's interview with Hiroshi Oga citing the premiere of the 'Black Ships' opera".

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[1] "'Black Ships' opera". New National Theatre Tokyo.

[2] "Simon Holledge's interview with Hiroshi Oga citing the premiere of the 'Black Ships' opera".

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