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Authored Books

Cummings, Alan (2013) Haiku: Love. London: British Museum Press.

Book Chapters

Cummings, Alan (2022) 'Pandemic and Kabuki Dramaturgy.' In: Consortium for, Global Japanese Studies, (ed.), After/ With コロナの「国際日本研究」─ヨーロッパからの報告 Global Japanese Studies after/with COVID-19: Reports from Europe. Kyoto, Japan: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, pp. 137-148.

Gerstle, Andrew and Cummings, Alan (2017) 'Japanese Studies at SOAS, University of London.' In: Guo, Nanyan, (ed.), 世界の日本研究2017: 国際的視野からの日本研究. Kyoto: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, pp. 128-147.

Cummings, Alan (2017) 'Kawatake Mokuami, Money Is All The Matters In This World [Translation].' In: Jones, Sumie and Inouye, Charles Shirō, (eds.), Sumie. Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 233-246.

Cummings, Alan (2016) 'Bunraku Stage.' In: Salz, Jonah, (ed.), A History of Japanese Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 158-159.

Singh, Alexandre and Cummings, Alan (2016) 'On The Subject Of Theatrical Costumes: Kabuki.' In: Singh, Alexandre, (ed.), Causeries. Rotterdam: Witte de With Centre For Contemporary Art, pp. 125-137.

Gerstle, Andrew and Cummings, Alan (2016) 'SOAS, University of London.' In: Cortazzi, Hugh and Kornicki, Peter, (eds.), Japanese Studies in Britain: A Survey and History. Folkestone: Rennaisance Books, pp. 187-211.

Cummings, Alan (2013) 'Benten the Thief.' In: Jones, Sumie and Watanabe, Kenji, (eds.), An Edo Anthology: Literature From Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 301-321.

Cummings, Alan (2006) 'Kawatake Mokuami to Meiji kabuki no hanzai chiri.' In: Shibahara, Koji and Dodd, Stephen, (eds.), Toshi no fikushon = 都市のフィクション /. Tokyo: Seibundô.

Cummings, Alan and Emmert, Richard (2003) 'Viewing the Autumn Foliage / Momijigari.' In: Brandon, James R. and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 4: Restoration and Reform, 1872-1905. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 302-325.

Cummings, Alan (2002) 'The Golden Pavilion [Kinkakuji].' In: Brandon, James R. and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.1 : Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 288-313.

Cummings, Alan (2002) 'Gorozō the Gallant [Gosho no Gorozō].' In: Brandon, James R. and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.3 : Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 290-317.

Cummings, Alan (2002) 'The Revenge at Tengayamura [Katakiuchi Tengayamura].' In: Brandon, James R. and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.2 : Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 134-171.

Cummings, Alan (2002) 'The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest [Sanmon Gosan no Kiri].' In: Brandon, James R. and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.2 : Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 72-81.

Cummings, Alan and Hibino, Kei (2002) 'The Three Kichisas and the New Year’s First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters [Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai].' In: Brandon, James R. and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.3 : Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.

Book Reviews

Cummings, Alan (2010) 'Review of Okamoto, Shiro and Leiter, Samuel L. The Man Who Saved Kabuki.' Japanese Studies, 22 (2). pp. 213-215.

Cummings, Alan (2007) 'Review of Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan. By Fisher Sorgenfrei Carol. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. Pp. 340. ISBN 0824827961.' International Journal of Asian Studies, 4 (2). pp. 304-305.

Translations

Yamaji, Kōzō and Cummings, Alan, trans. (2021) Modernity in the Folk Performing Arts: The impact of modernity on the religious festival performing arts of the common people. English Journal of JSTR, 2 (1). Tokyo: Japanese Society of Theatre Research. pp. 15-25.

Cummings, Alan, trans. (2020) Kagekiyo, 1732, A Kabuki play. A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan's Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750 . Honolulu: University Of Hawai'i Press. pp. 239-260.

Odanaka, Akihiro and Cummings, Alan, trans. (2018) Notes on "Yoshitsune and The Thousand Cherry Trees: A Reading". 日本演劇学会英文紀要, 1 (1). Japan: Japanese Society For Theatre Research. pp. 3-11.

Uchiyama, Mikiko and Cummings, Alan, trans. (2018) Yoshitsune and The Thousand Cherry Trees: A Reading. 日本演劇学会英文紀要, 1 (1). Japan: Japanese Society For Theatre Research. pp. 12-26.

Gotō, Shizuo and Cummings, Alan, trans. (2016) Bunraku: Puppet Theatre. A History Of Japanese Theatre . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 155-183.