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(★)(Chikamatsu Monzaemon [1653-1725], often referred to as ´Japan´s Shakespeare´ and a ´god of writers,´ was arguably the most famous playwrught 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 traditional 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. Translations of many of Chikamatsu´s plays are available, but we have few English examples of his late work, in which he increasingly incorporated stylistic elements of his shorter, contemporary dramas into longer period pieces. Translator C. Andrew Gerstle argues that in these mature history plays, Chikamatsu depicts the tension between the private and public spheres of society by combining the rich character development of his shorter dramas with the larger political themes of his period pieces. In this volume Gerstle translates five plays --four histories and one contemporary piece-- never before available in English that complement other collections of Chikamatsu´s work, revealing new dimensions of this great Japanese playwright and artist. C. Andrew Gerstle is a professor of Japanese studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. ▼CONTENTS -- 1.Twins at the Sumida River [Futago sumidagawa, 1720], 2.Lovers Pond in Settsu Province [Tsu no kuni meoto ike, 1721], 3.Battles at Kawa-nakajima [Shinshuu kawa-nakajima kassen, 1721], 4.Love Suicides on the Eve of the Kooshin Festival [Shinjuu yoigooshin, 1722], 5.Tethered Steed and the Eight Provinces of Kantoo [Kanhasshuu tsunagi-uma, 1724]) |
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