The Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan: Honor, Vengeance, and Love in Four Plays of the 18th and 19th Centuries 9780824837259
The plays presented here were first performed between 1769 and 1832, a time when the Japanese puppet theatre known as Bu
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Genji Vanguard In Ōmi Province
Mount Imo and Mount Se: Precepts For Women
3. Vengeance at Iga Pass
4. The True Tale of Asagao
Notes
Bibliography
About the Translator
