Wondrous Brutal Fictions - Eight Buddhist Tales From the Early Japanese Puppet Theater

Zusammenfassung Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Keller Kimbrough, R Weller Kimbrough, R. Keller (TRN)/ Kimbrough Kimbrough
• Assisted by: Keller Kimbrough (Translation), R. Keller Kimbrough (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2013
• EAN: 9780231146586
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14658-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Japan, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, DRAMA / Asian / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, Buddhism, Literature: history & criticism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Plays, Playscripts, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre