benshi - The Theater - Hamilton College

Home
- Introduction
The Benshi
- Origins
- Training, Licensing, and Censorship
The Performance
Popularity and Influence
The End of an Era
- Decline
- Revival
Additional Resources

This website was developed by Sarah Bither '13 and Melissa Yang '14, DHi 2011-2012 CLASS Scholars.

The Theater

This is a 3-D recreation of the Teikokukan Theater in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is currently a work in progress. The finished product will provide viewers with a fully interactive experience of a live benshi performance and the corresponding elements of the stage. In order to view the recreation, users will need to have the Unity Web Player installed. Users will be able to download the Unity Web Player when they click below on the link to the 3-D model.

3-D Recreation of the Teikokukan

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This site has been created by a student or students in partial completion of the requirements of a course at Hamilton College, and remains their intellectual property. The views expressed may not represent the views of College or the Trustees.