Kabuki Plays On Stage. Volume 3 : : Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864 / / ed. by Samuel L. Leiter, James R. Brandon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Brandon, James R.,; Leiter, Samuel L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Brandon, James R.,; Leiter, Samuel L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 p.)

Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, is the third volume in a monumental new series-the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in nearly a quarter of a century. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Tale of Tokubei from India Tenjiku Tokubei Ikoku-Banashi
• Sanbasò with His Tongue Stuck Out Shitadashi Sanbasò
• The Scandalous Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• Yasuna
• The Execution Ground at Suzugamori Suzugamori
• Kasane
• The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tòkaidò Tòkaidò Yotsuya Kaidan
• The Wisteria Maiden Fuji Musume
• The Six Poet Immortals Rokkasen
• Masakado
• The Tale of the Martyr of Sakura Sakura Giminden
• The Three Kichisas and the New Year’s First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters
• Gorozò the Gallant Gosho no Gorozò
• Scarface Otomi Kirare Otomi
• Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index
• List of Plays by Volume