田仲一成是日本卓有成就的中国戏剧史家,其30多年的学术结晶《中国戏剧史》一经出版,便引起了许多中国同行的关注。这位异邦学者对中国演剧变迁史的考察是从乡镇傩戏和祭祀切入的。他从“乡村祭祀”“宗教祭祀”“市场环境”等角度,论述了中国戏剧的起源与发展,并将目光投向了地方演剧机构的组织方式及各种支配力 Tian Chung-cheng is an accomplished Japanese theater historian in Japan. His 30-year history of Chinese drama, once published, has aroused the concern of many Chinese colleagues. The foreign scholar on the history of the Chinese drama change is investigated from the township opera and worship. He discusses the origin and development of Chinese drama from the perspectives of “rural sacrificial worship”, “religious sacrifice”, “market environment”, and focuses on the organization of local theater and various dominating forces