Sugawara and the secrets of calligraphy / edited and translated by Stanleigh H. Jones, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones Jr., Stanleigh H., editor, translator.

Series:

Translations from the Asian classics.

Translations From the Asian Classics

Standardized Title:

Sugawara denju tenarai kagami. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese drama--Edo period, 1600-1868.

Japanese drama.

Kabuki plays--History and criticism.

Kabuki plays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Columbia University Press, 2016.

Summary:

A complete translation of a major Japanese puppet drama written in 1746, with an investigation into the play's many authors and the use of bunraku puppets.

Contents:

Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; Dramatic Personae; Prologue; Act I; Scene 1. The Imperial Palace; Scene 2. The Bank of the Kamo River; Scene 3. The Transmission of the Secrets ; Scene 4. Before the Gate; Act II; Scene 1. The Journey-Sweet Words Exchanged; Scene 2. Yasui Beach: Awaiting the Tide; Scene 3. The Chastising; Scene 4. The Crowing of the Cock; Scene 5. Sugawara's Farewell; Act III; Scene 1. Tearing the Carriage Apart; Scene 2. Sata Village; Act IV ; Scene 1. Mount Tenpai; Scene 2. North Saga Village; Scene 3. The Village School; Act V

Scene 1. Tumult in the PalaceA Note on the Puppets; Bibliography ; Illustrations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-51503-0

OCLC:

945079697