| Dates |
Events
in the History of Japanese Theatre |
Arts and Literature |
Politics |
Science and Philosophy |
| 6th
century AD |
Japan changed after Buddhism
introduced. |
Building of the
Horyuji in Nara, Japan Boethius introduces Greek
musical letter notation to the West |
Persian war
with Bysantine Empire Emporer Shotoko Taisha
introduces Buddhism to Japan |
Wu Ti, Emporer
of China becomes Buddhist First English School at
Canterbury |
| Next
200 years |
Chinese, Korean and Indian
cultures embraced. ·
Brought in writing and
music styles
Introduced masks |
The Crwith, a
celtic string instument, develops Formation of
orchestras of hundreds of players in China
Early Nara period in Japanese art |
Byzantine
fleet recaptures Alexandria Chinese move into Korea
Taikwa reform completes the rebuilding of central Japanese
state
|
Classic Buddha
figure of sitting cross-legged introduced in India Mohammed's
vision at Mount Hira |
| 8th
century |
Gigaku,
Bugaku, and Sarugaku were favorite forms of performance
· Gigaku
and saragaku were abandoned in the end of century. |
Kojiki, the
first history of Japan compiled Nikongi, chronology
of Japan
Period of Tchhouen-Khi heroic Chinese drama |
Codification
of Japanese political law. the Mikado becomes sole proprieter of the land |
Pharmacology
and medicine become two seperate sciences Chinese
paper makers teacher paper manufacture to Arabs |
| 1150 |
Dengaku guilds began. |
Troubadour
music in southern France becomes organized |
Alauddin
Husain, Sultan of Ghor, destroys the empire of Ghazni |
Founding of
Paris University |
| 1192 |
Emporer ceded
secular powers to a military dictator (shogun).
·
Samurai began in this era. |
Rebuilding of
Bamberg Cathedral begun |
Richard I
returns from the Crusade and is captured by Leopold, Duke of Austria |
|
| 1233 |
Gigaku piece written where most
current knowledge of gigaku comes from. |
|
Rebellion of
Earl of Pembroke, aided by Welsh |
Pope entrusts
the Dominicans with the Inquisition |
| 1270 |
Suragaku
guilds began. |
Tannhauser,
German poet died |
Louis IX died
on the Eighth Crusade and is succeeded by Phillip III |
|
| 1333-1384 |
Kiyotsugu Kan’ami was the major performer of suragaku-no.
·
1374: Performed before the shogun.
·
Great
innovator of suragaku-no (later known solely as no.) |
Robin Hood
appears in English popular literature Chaucer:
"The Book of the Duchesse" |
The Hapsburg
sign peace treaty Treaty of London signed
Treaty of Calais signed between Edward III and Philip of
Burgandy |
Black Death
devastates Europe Pisa University, Genoble
University, Queen's College, Prague University, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,
Vienna University founded |
| 1362-1444 |
Zeami’s life span
·
Considered great Noh dramatists of
all time
·
Son of Kan’ami
·
Wrote
more than 100 plays |
Chaucer:
"Canterbury Tales" "Pi Pa Ki"
important Chinese play in its last version by Mao-Tseu |
Richard II
murdered Joan of Arc born |
Heidelberg
University. Cologne University founded Compilation
of "Yung Lo Ta Tien" Chinese encyclopedia in 22,937 volumes |
| 1603 |
Start of Kabuki
·
Okuni, a female dancer from Izumo
Grand Shrine, began to give public performances in Kyoto.
·
Extremely
erotic |
"The
Standard Grammar" by Nudozersky leads to development of modern Czech language |
Queen
Elizabeth I of England dies and James I is coronated Tokugawa
family obtains shogunate in Japan and keeps it |
Fabricio di
Acquapendente discovers valves in the vein |
| 1615 |
Noh
stage standardized. |
George Chapman
completes his translation of Homer's "Odyssey" Cervantes completes "Don Quixote" |
English defeat
Portuguese off coast of Bombay |
Galileo Galilei
faces the Inquisition for the first time |
| 1616 |
7
licensed theaters in Tokyo- associated with prostitution. |
William
Shakespeare dies |
Tartars of
Manchu invade China Richelieu becomes Minister of
State and War of France |
Dutch
Astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius discovers the law of refraction |
| 1629 |
Shogun forbade women to appear on stage
·
Young
Men’s Kabuki was born |
Pedro Calderon
de la Barca: "La dama duende" comedy |
Charles I
dissolves Parliament |
Dutch
Mathematician Albert Gerard uses brackets and other abbreviation in mathematics |
| 1650-1850 |
Kabuki
plays lasted 12 hours. |
|
|
|
| 1652 |
Young
Men’s Kabuki closed for being too seductive
·
Men’s
Kabuki begins |
First Opera
house in Vienna |
Maine is joined
to Massachusetts Bay Colony |
Hayashi
Shonsai: "O-Dai-Ichi- Ran" a history of Japan |
| 1664 |
First
two-act play performed. |
Moliere:
"La Tartuffe" |
Alliance
between France and Brandenburg |
Thomas Willis:
"Cerebri anatome" on the nervous system |
| 1675-1750 |
Kabuki
developed rapidly and evolved its characteristic techniques. |
Ice Cream
become popular dessert in France Dryden and
Nathaniel Lee "Oedipus" tragedy |
Habeus Corpus
Amendment Act in England |
Fr. Jesuit
Louis Hannepin discovers Niagara Falls |
| 1692-1756 |
Takedo
Izumo was a principal writer for the Osaka
doll theatre. |
Johann
Pachelbel died |
Great Northern
War |
Pierre Lemoyne
founds first European colony in Louisiana |
| 1724-1736 |
Hanamichi introduced |
Jonathan Swift:
"Gullivers Travels" |
Czar Peter the
Great crowns Catherine Czarina |
Isaac Newton
died |
| 1736 |
Small
elevator trap door installed. Forestage
became a permanent feature of Kabuki Theatre |
Hogarth:
"The Good Samaritan" |
Chi-en Lung
becomes Emperor of China War between Russia and
Turkey |
English
statutes against witchcraft repealed |
| 1745 |
Forestage
became principle acting area. |
The
Campbells are Coming is published as the Scot national song |
Ishege becomes
Shogun of Japan |
John Jay, first
Chief Justice of the United States |
| 1748 |
Chushingura
written by Izumo.
·
Over
50 full-length plays were based off this play between 1748 and 1900. |
Bach: "Die
Kunst der Fuge" Hogarth: "Calais
Gate" |
Russian troops
march through Bohemia toward the Rhine |
English
physician John Fothergill descriges diphtheria |
| 1753 |
Namiki
Shozo invented large elevator stage. |
Goldoni:
"La Locandiera" comedy |
Frederick the
Great fights Austro-Russian agreement |
English Act of
Parliament permits naturalization of Jews |
| 1758 |
Shozo
introduced the revolving stage. |
First
English manual on guitar playing published |
China occupies
eastern Turkestan |
Ribbing machine
for manufacture of hose invented by Jebediah Strutt |
| 1770s |
2nd
Hanamichi introduced |
Handel's
"Messiah" first performed in New York |
Colonies begin
to seek independenc |
An opal of
nearly 3000 carats found in Hungary |
| 1816-1893 |
Kawatake
Mokuami bridged gap between traditional and more contemporary Kabuki |
|
|
|
| 1827 |
Revolving
stage built in two sections |
Beethoven dies |
Peru secedes
from Columbia |
Joseph Niepce
produces photographs on a metal plate |
| 1830 |
Kabuki
stage achieved characteristic form |
Tennyson:
"Poems, Chiefly Lyrical" |
Revolution in
Paris |
The religious
society of the Mormons or Latter-day Saints. founded by Joseph Smith and his friend at
Fayette, NY |
| 1868 |
Purists
believe this is when true Kabuki ended.
·
Kabuki
became Westernized
Kabuki
play length shortened to 8 hours. |
Louisa May
Alcott: "Little Women" Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 1 |
Ulysses S.
Grant elected as President of US |
Skeleton of
Cro-Magnum man from Upper Paleolithic age found in France by Louis Lartet |
| 1908 |
Proscenium
arch added |
E. M. Forster:
"A room with a view" Gertrude Stein:
"Three Lives"
Bela Bartok: String Quartet No.1 |
King Carlos I
of Portugal and the crown prince are both assinated at Lisbon, Manuel II becomes king |
Hermann
Minkowski formulates a four-dimensional geometry |
| 1923 |
Western
style seating standard. |
George
Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue" End of Dada
movement
Feris Selten wrote "Bambi" |
Center of Tokyo
and Yokohama destroyed by earthquake |
Sigmund Freud:
"Das Ich und Das Es" (The Ego and the Id) |
| 1966 |
Japanese
National Theatre opened. |
Jacqueline
Susann: "The Valley of the Dolls" Walt
Disney dies |
Vietnam War President Johnson takes a tour of the Far East |
US and Soviet
spacecrafts make soft landings on the Moon |
