Twenty plays of the Nō theatre / edited by Donald Keene, with the assistance of Royall Tyler ; illustrated with drawings by Fukami Tanrō and from the Hōshō texts.

  • Keene, Donald
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[1970], ©1970
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New York : Columbia University Press, [1970], ©1970.

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xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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"Prepared for the Columbia College Program of Translations from the Oriental Classics."

Contents

The Conventions of the Nō drama -- Works by Kanʼami: Matsukaze ; The sought-for grave (Motomezuka) ; Komachi and the hundred nights (Kayoi Komachi) -- Works by Zeami: Komachi at Sekidera (Sekidera Komachi) ; The brocade tree (Nishikigi) ; Semimaru ; The deserted crone (Obasute) ; Lady Han (Hanjo) ; The reed cutter (Ashikari) -- Works of unknown authorship: Shōkun ; The shrine in the fields (Nonomiya) ; The iron crown (Kanawa) -- Work by Zenchiku: Yōkihi -- Works by Nobumitsu: The priest and the willow (Yugyō yanagi) ; Dōjōji -- A program of five plays: The queen mother of the West (Seiōbo) ; Kanehira ; The imperial visit to Ohara (Ohara gokō) -- The bird-scaring boat (Torioi-bune) ; The valley rite (Tanikō)

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