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Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--And Japan to the West

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--And Japan to the West

Schodt, Frederik L.

Hardcover

General DramaGeneral SociologyJapanese History

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ISBN10: 1611720095
ISBN13: 9781611720099
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: Dec 4 2012
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The little-known true story of how a flamboyant circus promoter helped introduce Japan to the West in the late 19th century.


Professor Risley (Richard Risley Carlisle) introduced the Western circus to Japan in 1864. Three years later, this former acrobat gave many in the West their first glimpse of Japan when he took his Imperial Japanese Troupe of acrobats and jugglers on a triumphant tour of North America and Europe. Over the next few years, the Troupe performed before presidents, monarchs, and ordinary citizens.

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