Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees - A Masterpiece of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese Puppet Theater

This book carefully translates a seminal work of Japanese puppet theater, written in 1747, during the the genre's golden age. The editor includes background information on the play and a bibliography.

Summary

This book carefully translates a seminal work of Japanese puppet theater, written in 1747, during the the genre's golden age. The editor includes background information on the play and a bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Stanleigh Jones, Stanleigh H. Jones, Stanleigh Jones Jr., Stanleigh Jones Jr., Arnold Schoenberg, Stanleigh Jones Jr., Izumo Takeda
• Assisted by: Stanleigh Jones (Editor), Stanleigh H. Jones (Editor), Stanleigh R. Jones (Editor), Stanleigh Jones Jr. (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780231080538
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08053-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl; Translations from the Asian Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights