Chikamatsu Five Late Plays

Name: Chikamatsu Five Late Plays
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ISBN: 9780231121675

ISBN-10: 0231121679

ISBN-13: 9780231121675

Edition: 2001

Authors: C. Andrew Gerstle, Chikamatsu

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One of the most famous playwrights in Japanese history, Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote over 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theatres. This is a collection of five of his later works.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/4/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.91" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

C. Andrew Gerstle is a professor of Japanese studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is the author of Circles of Fantasy: Convention in the Plays of Chikamatsuand editor of Eighteenth Century Japanand other books.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations in the Bibliography and Notes


Maps


Introduction


Twins at the Sumida River (Futago sumidagawa, 1720)


Lovers Pond in Settsu Province (Tsu no kuni meoto ike, 1721)


Battles at Kawa-nakajima (Shinshu kawa-nakajima kassen, 1721)


Love Suicides on the Eve of the Koshin Festival (Shinju yoigoshin, 1722)


Tethered Steed and the Eight Provinces of Kanto (Kanhasshu tsunagi-uma, 1724)


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary of Terms