Japanese No Dramas

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141907800
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese No Dramas written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1992-10-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese nõ theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects, but the idea of 'form' is more central than 'meaning' and their structure is always ritualized. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatize such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire. Revered in Japan as a cultural treasure, the spiritual and sensuous beauty of these works has been a profound influence for English-speaking artists including W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and Benjamin Britten.

Author : Royall Tyler
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0140445390
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Nō Dramas /edited and Translated by Royall Tyler written by Royall Tyler and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1992-10-29 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects but the idea of "form" is more central than "meaning", and their structure is always ritualised. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatise such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire."--Back cover.

Author : Various
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0140445390
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese No Dramas written by Various and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese noh theatre or the drama of "perfected art" flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects, but the idea of "form" is more central than 'meaning' and their structure is always ritualized. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatize such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire. Revered in Japan as a cultural treasure, the spiritual and sensuous beauty of these works has been a profound influence for English-speaking artists including W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and Benjamin Britten. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Friedrich Perzynski
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486141284
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese No Masks written by Friedrich Perzynski and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 120 full-page plates of magnificent, elaborately carved, museum-quality masks worn by actors playing gods, warriors, beautiful women, feudal lords, and supernatural beings. Captions.

Author : A.L. Sadler
Publisher : Tuttle Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Plays written by A.L. Sadler and published by Tuttle Classics. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and emptiness can fill the mind with words, music, dance, and mysticism. A.L. Sadler translates the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki in his groundbreaking book, Japanese Plays. A seminal classic in its time, it provides a cross-section of Japanese theater that gives the reader a sampler of its beauty and power. The power of Noh is in its ability to create an iconic world that represents the attributes that the Japanese hold in highest esteem: family, patriotism, and honor. Kyogen plays provide comic relief often times performed between the serious and stoic Noh plays. Similarly, Sadler's translated Kyogen pieces are layered between the Noh and the Kabuki plays. The Kabuki plays were the theater of the common people of Japan. The course of time has given them the patina of folk art making them precious cultural relics of Japan. Sadler selected these pieces for translation because of their lighter subject matter and relatively upbeat endings—ideal for a western readership. More linear in their telling and pedestrian in the lessons learned these plays show the difficulties of being in love when a society is bent on conformity and paternal rule. The end result found in Japanese Plays is a wonderful selection of classic Japanese dramatic literature sure to enlighten and delight.

Author : Arthur Waley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nō Plays of Japan written by Arthur Waley and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zeami Motokiyo
Publisher : Volume Edizioni srl
ISBN 13 : 8897747108
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atsumori written by Zeami Motokiyo and published by Volume Edizioni srl. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The Tales of Heike". Contents: Preface by Massimo Cimarelli Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo Pearson Part I Interlude Part II Glossary Notes

Author : Donald Keene
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231074193
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book N? ; And, Bunraku written by Donald Keene and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this traditional theater form including its history, its stage and props, the use of music and dance in its performances, the plays as literature, and the aesthetics of No. Also discussed are Kyogen, the comic farces that are typically interspersed with the solemn No dramas.

Author : Royall Tyler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Nõ Dramas written by Royall Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chifumi Shimazaki
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warrior Ghost Plays from the Japanese Noh Theater written by Chifumi Shimazaki and published by Cornell East Asia Series. This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translations of six shura (battle)-Noh that have for the main character the ghost of a warrior whose story is told in the Tale of Heike. Each Noh has a detailed introduction and footnotes.