Yoshitsune and the thousand cherry trees : a masterpiece of the eighteenth-century Japanese puppet theater / translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Stanleigh H. Jones, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takeda, Izumo, 1691-1756, author.

Contributor:

Jones, Stanleigh H., Jr., translator, editor, author of introduction.

Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Series:

Translations from the Asian classics

Standardized Title:

Yoshitsune senbonzakura. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Jōruri--Texts.

Jōruri.

Genre:

Texts.

Physical Description:

277 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"A masterpiece of eighteenth-century Japanese puppet theater, Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees is an action-packed play st in the aftermath of the twelfth-century Genji-Heike wars. it follows the adventures of the military commander, Yoshitsune, as he tries to avoid capture by his jealous older brother. The drama, written by a trio of playwrights, popularizes Japan's martial past for urban Edo audiences. it was banned only once in its long history, for a period after World War II, because occupying American forces feared its nationalizing power"--Back cover.

Notes:

Translation of: Yoshitsune senbonzakura.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-277).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0231080530

9780231080538

OCLC:

935981613