| 释义 |
‖ sewamono, n.|ˈsewamono|
Pl. unchanged.
[Jap., f. sewa everyday life + mono piece, play.]
In Japanese kabuki and bunraku theatre: a domestic drama or melodrama.
1911Encycl. Brit. XV. 170/1 Gradually the Kabuki developed the features of a genuine theatre; the actor and the playwright were discriminated, and, the performances taking the form of domestic drama (Wagoto and Sewamono) or historical drama (Aragoto or Jidaimono), actors of perpetual fame sprang up. 1957Oxf. Compan. Theatre (ed. 2) 412/2 The Japanese theatre recognizes three main classes, the jidaimono or histories..; the sewamono or melodramas; and the shosagoto or dances. 1975J. R. Brandon Kabuki 5 In the late seventeenth century, three major divisions of kabuki drama were recognized: sewamono..jidaimono; and dance pieces, called shosagoto. 1980R. Illing Art of Jap. Prints i. 13 The plays were broadly categorised into jidaimono,..and sewamono, plays about everyday contemporary life. |