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C. Andrew Gerstle is the leading scholar in the English-speaking world on Japanese traditional drama. He specializes particularly in the work of [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]] and the [[kabuki]] and [[joruri|jôruri]] (puppet theatre) traditions of [[Kamigata]] (i.e. Kyoto and Osaka).
He is Professor of Japanese Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
==Selected Publications==
===Books===
*(with [[Timothy Clark|T. Clark]] and [[Akiko Yano|A. Yano]]) ''Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830''. London: British Museum Press, 2005.
*''Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
===Articles and Book Chapters===
*"The Culture of Play: Kabuki and the Production of Texts", SOAS Bulletin, vol.66 (3), 2003: 358-379.
*"Representing Rivalry and Transition in Kabuki: Arashi Kichisaburo II versus Nakamura Utaemon III", ''[[Andon]]'', vol. 72 (73), 2002: 52-64.
*"Capturing the Essence of Performance", ''[[Asian Art (journal)|Asian Art]]''. (Special Supplement, The Art of Kabuki), 2001, vi-vii.
*"Japanese Traditional Theatre in the World", Pacific Friend, vol. 29, 2001: 26-27.
*"Performance Literature: Japanese Theatre as a Model", Comparative Criticism, 22, 2000: 39-62.
*"Heroic Honor: Chikamatsu and the Samurai Ideal", [[Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies]], 57, 2, 1997: 307-381.
*"Hero as Murderer in Chikamatsu", ''[[Monumenta Nipponica]]'', 51 No.3, 1996: 317-356.
==Reference==
*[http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staffinfo.cfm?contactid=18 SOAS Staff: Professor Drew Gerstle]
[[Category:Historians]]