Genre drama - Fuuzokugeki

Japanese: 風俗劇 - ふうぞくげき
Genre drama - Fuuzokugeki
It refers to theatre that is closely tied to the customs and habits unique to a certain era. As such, it takes on a wide variety of forms depending on the ethnic, national, and regional differences, making it difficult to clearly categorize it as a genre such as tragedy or comedy. For example, ancient Greek drama, Shakespeare's plays, and even the most cutting-edge avant-garde theatre today may contain elements of drama of manners. The reason they are not called drama of manners is that the customs depicted in them remain merely a backdrop. However, it is rather rare for customs themselves to be dramatized, and drama that centers around conflicts in human relationships, deeply reflects the customs of the time, and manipulates the characters, is called drama of manners.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ある時代に固有の風俗習慣に密着した演劇を指す。したがって,それは民族,国家,地域などの差によりきわめて種々雑多な形態をもち,悲劇と喜劇といったような明確なジャンル的識別は困難である。たとえば古代ギリシア劇やシェークスピア劇,さらには現代の最も先端的な前衛劇にさえ,風俗劇的要素を含んでいる場合がある。それを風俗劇と呼ばない理由は,そこに描かれた風俗があくまでも単なる背景にとどまっているからである。しかし風俗そのものが劇化される場合はむしろまれであり,やはり人間関係の葛藤を軸にして,そこに当時の風俗が深く反映し,それに登場人物が操られるような演劇を風俗劇と称する。

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