"Kabuki is most distinguished when it deals with the weird and grotesque, and the American visitor may not be at all surprised if among the insubstantial stage creations of the Japanese he becomes acquainted with the spirit of a cherry tree, or the transformation of a maid into a fox or a lion."
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Kincaid, Zoe (January 1927). "The Stage of Today in Japan". Japan Overseas Travel Magazine. 15: 8.
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Zoe Kincaid Penlington
Zoe Kincaid Penlington (2 March 1878 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian-born journalist and drama critic based in Tokyo from 1908 to 1941. She was the author of Kabuki: The Popular Stage in Japan (1925), the first English-language study of kabuki.
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