Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays

by C. Andrew Gerstle, C. Andrew. Gerstle, C Andrew Gerstle, et al.

Book Overview

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. Today, the plays of this major literary figure are performed on kabuki and bunraku stages as well as in the modern theater, and forty-nine films of his plays have been made, thirty-one of them from the silent era.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231121679
• ISBN13: 9780231121675
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher