A Portrait of Rural Life in Meiji Japan
by
Nagatsuka Takashi
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
This is a selection of the best plays of Chikamatsu, one of the greatest Japanese dramatists. Master of the marionette and popular dramas, he had, until the publication of this book, remained unknown to western readers owing to the difficulty of translating the work into English. The introduction...