Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today by puppet operators and Kabuki actors. Chikamatsu is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition of four of his most important plays includes three popular domestic dramas and one history play.

List of contents

Preface Introductin The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki Shinju) The Battles of Coxinga (Kokusenya Kassen) The Uprooted Pine (Nebiki No Kadomatsu) The Love Suicides at Amijima (Shinju ten no Amijima)Appendix 1: A Note on Prostitution in Chikamatsu's Plays Apendix 2: Contemporary Puppet Performances of Chikamatsu's Plays Bibliography

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Summary

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today, and he is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition contains four of his most important plays including three popular domestic dramas and one history play.

Product details

• Authors: Chikamatsu, Chikamatsu Chikamatsu, Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Donald Keene
• Assisted by: Donald Keene (Translation), Keene Donald (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.1997
• EAN: 9780231111010
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11101-0
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl; Translations from the Asian Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: general, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Japanese drama