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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