Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2: Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799

Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era.

Volume 1 consists of thirteen plays that showcase early kabuki's scintillating and boisterous styles of performance and illustrates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082482413X
• ISBN13: 9780824824136
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.3"