Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu

Translated by Donald Keene

November, 1997
Paper, 220 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11101-0
$24.00 / £14.00

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today by puppet operators and Kabuki actors. Chikamatsu is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition of four of his most important plays includes three popular domestic dramas and one history play.

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• Drama

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

DONALD KEENE is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University.

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