Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play
Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perennially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written in the eighteenth century as a puppet play, it is now best known through Kabuki theater performances.This...
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Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perennially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written in the eighteenth century as a puppet play, it is now best known through Kabuki theater performances.This edition includes a new preface, introduction, and
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780231035316 (0231035314)
Publish date: April 1971
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
History,
Academic,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Asian Literature,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
Kanadehon Chūshingura is a play written for the Bunraku theater in 1748 by Izumo Takeda, Shoraku Miyoshi and Senryu Namiki. According to Donald Keene, "The most famous and popular work in the entire Japanese theatrical repertory is, beyond any doubt, Chūshingura." The play is based upon events some ...
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: A Puppet Play by Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shōraku, Namiki Senryū, Donald Keene, now listed on BookLikes)