Masterpieces of Kabuki : : Eighteen Plays on Stage / / 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: Bach, Faith,; Brandon, James R.,; Cummings, Alan,; Durham, Valerie L.,; Griffith, Paul M.,; Hibino, Kei,; Iezzi, Julie A.,; Johnson, Matthew,; Lee, William,; Leiter, Samuel L.,; Oshima, Mark,; Philips, Anne,; Pronko, Leonard C.,; Rimer, J . Thomas,; Saltzman-Li, Katherine,
• HerausgeberIn: Brandon, James R.,; Leiter, Samuel L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

Masterpieces of Kabuki contains eighteen outstanding dramas taken from the landmark four-volume series Kabuki Plays On Stage. Together they cover the entire spectrum of kabuki drama from 1697 to 1905, the period during which kabuki's dramaturgy flourished prior to the onset of Western dramatic...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Just a Minute! Shibaraku
• The Stone-Cutting Feat of Kajiwara Kajiwara Heizò Homare no Ishikiri From Miura no Òsuke Kòbai Tazuna The Plum-Blossom Reins of Miura no Òsuke
• Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
• Japan's Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety Honchò Nijûshikò
• The Precious Incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai Meiboku Sendai Hagi
• The Revenge at Tengajaya Katakiuchi Tengajayamura
• A Message of Love from Yamato Koi Tayori Yamato Òrai
• The Picture Book of the Taikò Ehon Taikòki
• The Scandalous Love of Osome and Hisamatsu Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
• Kasane
• Masakado
• The Tale of the Martyr of Sakura Sakura Giminden
• The Three Kichisas and the New Year's First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai
• The Fishmonger Sògorò Sakanaya Sògorò FROM Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa Moonlit Umbrella at the Dish Palace, New Version
• The Mirror Lion, A Spring Diversion Shunkyò Kagami Jishi
• Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index
• List of Plays in Kabuki Plays on Stage