Samuel L. Leiter's Kabuki at the Crossroads is a thorough account of Japan's most famous traditional theatre as it struggled to survive in the maelstrom of post-Occupation Japan's rapidly changing entertainment world.

Samuel L. Leiter, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, has published 25 books on subjects ranging from New York theatre to kabuki. Most recent is his Rising from the Flames: The Rebirth of Theatre in Occupied Japan: 1945-1952 (2009).