Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
- Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
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name = Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
title_orig =
translator = Donald Keene
image_caption = "Behind the scenes at an Edo puppet theater of 1690"
author = Chikamatsu Monzaemon; Keene wrote the Preface, the Introduction, and the two appendices
illustrator = Not listed
cover_artist = Benjamin S. Farber
country = USA
language = English
series = as "Major Plays of Chikamatsu", was Number LXVI of the "Records of Civilization Sources and Studies"; it was also included in the "Japanese Translations Series" of the "UNESCO Collection of Representative Works" [http://www.unesco.org/culture/lit/rep/pop.php?fnc=record&lng=en_GB&record=5602] . Also part of Columbia University Press's "Translations from the Asian Classics"
genre = Drama
publisher = Columbia University Press
release_date = the 4 plays, 1961; with Preface, 1998
media_type = Print (softcover )
pages = 220 pages
isbn = ISBN 0-231-11101-0 (1998 Columbia University Press edition)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu is a collection of four major dramas by the famous Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The four plays were first translated by Donald Keene in 1961, and have appeared in various collections and books over the years; "Four Major Plays" contains a Preface, an Introduction, and two appendices in addition, and is published by Columbia University Press.
The Preface gives a more human account of matters, mentioning that Keene's translations of the plays have actually been performed; the lengthy introduction gives a brief biographical sketch of Chikamatsu and a discussion of various literary features and other background useful for understanding Chikamatsu's plays.
Contents
Plays
*The Love Suicides at Sonezaki ("Sonezaki Shinjū")
*The Battles of Coxinga ("Kokusenya Kassen")
*The Uprooted Pine ("Nebiki no Kadomatsu")
*The Love Suicides at Amijima ("Shinjū Ten no Amijima")
Appendices
The two appendices are:
*A Note on Prostitution in Chikamatsu's Plays
*Contemporary Puppet Performances of Chikamatsu's Plays
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