Masterpieces of Kabuki contains eighteen outstanding dramas taken from the landmark four-volume series Kabuki Plays On S
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English Pages 368 Year 2004
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Just a Minute! Shibaraku
The Stone-Cutting Feat of Kajiwara Kajiwara Heizò Homare no Ishikiri From Miura no Òsuke Kòbai Tazuna The Plum-Blossom Reins of Miura no Òsuke
Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
Japan’s Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety Honchò Nijûshikò
The Precious Incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai Meiboku Sendai Hagi
The Revenge at Tengajaya Katakiuchi Tengajayamura
A Message of Love from Yamato Koi Tayori Yamato Òrai
The Picture Book of the Taikò Ehon Taikòki
The Scandalous Love of Osome and Hisamatsu Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Kasane
Masakado
The Tale of the Martyr of Sakura Sakura Giminden
The Three Kichisas and the New Year’s First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai
The Fishmonger Sògorò Sakanaya Sògorò FROM Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa Moonlit Umbrella at the Dish Palace, New Version
The Mirror Lion, A Spring Diversion Shunkyò Kagami Jishi
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
List of Plays in Kabuki Plays on Stage