Plays of Old Japan

About this eBook

Translator

Sakurai, Joji, 1858-1939

Title

Plays of Old Japan: The 'No'

Credits

Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Japanese drama -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44092

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44092

Release Date

November 2, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Table of Contents — PLAYS OF OLD JAPAN THE ‘NŌ’
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.TO THE READER — Concerning the Place the Nō takes in Japan to-day — Concerning the past History of the Nō — Concerning the Presentation of the Nō — The Theatre — The Chorus — The Music — The Actors — The Costumes — Properties — The Audience — Concerning the Effect of the Nō on the Audience and on me — Concerning the dramatic Construction of the Nō — Concerning the literary Style of the original texts of the Nō — Concerning the Difficulties of Translation — Concerning the Translations of others, as well as those in this Book — In Conclusion
6. 6.THE MAIDEN’S TOMB — Authorship of the Play — Outline of the Story — Comments on the Play — THE MAIDEN’S TOMB [8] — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
7. 7.KAGEKIYO [29] — Authorship of the Play — Outline of the Story — Comments on the Play — KAGEKIYO [30] — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
8. 8.TAMURA RÉSUMÉ OF TAMURA — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
9. 9.THE SUMIDA RIVER — Authorship of the Play — Outline of the Story — Comments on the Play — THE SUMIDA RIVER A TRANSLATION OF THE JAPANESE NŌ, SUMIDA GAWA — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
10. 10.ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NŌ .
11. 11.By the same Author
12. 12.FOOTNOTES
13. 13.Transcriber's Note

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