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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455137703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©1985

ISBN

0-231-51503-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Translations From the Asian Classics

Disciplina

895.6209

Soggetti

Japanese drama - Edo period, 1600-1868

Kabuki plays - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.