Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) es el mayor dramaturgo de Japón, una figura literaria comparable a la de Shakesperare o Lope de Vega y con quienes comparte la genialidad solo reservada a los elegidos.

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Los amantes suicidas de Sonezaki

Donald Howard Shively

The classic study of the famous play by one of the most prominent Japanese playwrights has lost none of its appeal in the last half century. This monograph is divided in two parts, the first being a long introduction to the play, and the second a new translation of the original text supplemented with copious end notes. Originally published in 1953, the book is kept in print by the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan. -- Full review from gotterdammerung.org (see link).

A Study of a Japanese Domestic Tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon

The Love Suicide at Amijima

Chikamatsu's domestic dramas are accurate reflections of Japanese society at the time: his characters are samurai, farmers, merchants, and prostitutes who speak colloquially, and who people the shops, streets, teahouses, and brothels that constituted their daily environment.

Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu

Izumo Takeda

Chiushingura: The loyal league - A Japanese romance is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

A Japanese Romance

Chiushingura: The Loyal League

Or, The Loyal League. A Japanese Romance

Chiushingura

Four Major Plays. Translated by Donald Keene

"Major Plays of Chikamatsu gives Western readers a fascinating look at seventeenth century Japanese culture. Like other playwrights before him, Chikamatsu created characters who are members of a society driven by its mores. However, unlike those of other playwrights of the period, Chikamatsu's characters have multidimensional personalities and unconventional voices, making his art more realistc and complex."--Publisher's description.

Major Plays of Chikamatsu

A Study of a Japanese Domestic Tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. [Study By] Donald H. Shively

The Love Suicide at Amijima (Shinjū Ten No Amijima)

近松門左衛門

Eleven plays, including the most popular domestic tragedies and one history play, still performed in present-day Japan by puppet operators and Kabuki actors.

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

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