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Japanese Nō Dramas
Japanese Nō theatre, often described as the drama of ‘perfect art’, flourished during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries through the genius of dramatist Zeami. This captivating collection brings together twenty-four plays that combine music, dance, masks, costume, and language in a highly ritualised art form. Exploring themes of spirituality, human relationships, greed, and desire, these works reveal the subtle beauty and depth of one of Japan’s most revered theatrical traditions.
Selected and translated by Royall Tyler, Japanese Nō Dramas offers readers an insight into the spiritual and sensual elegance of Nō theatre, a tradition that has profoundly influenced artists such as W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and Benjamin Britten.
Number of pages: 384
Language(s): English
Editor and Translator: Royall Tyler
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