attempts to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary theatre. While trying to break the confines of system, they incorporated the practices and aesthetics that have survived for centuries into their performances, creating an innovative theatre with firm roots. In order to transcend the self from the meaningless of everyday existence, memory, history and identity constantly shifts in the play, creating an absurd and dream-like space reflecting the notion that ¡§reality is nothing more than arbitrary social construction.
             The theme of dreams resonates throughout the Shogekijo works, as it was a dream for the individual and society to be liberated from conformity and the cultural constructions of power elites. The angura theatre was closely linked to the politics of the left counter culture. These plays aim to change the perception of the structured world and achieve self-transcendence through a particular mode of training, resolving the strong sense of cultural dislocation and identity crisis experienced in the society. In this sense, th
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