Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays

C. Andrew Gerstle

Paper, 376 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12167-5
$31.50 / £18.50

July, 2001
Cloth, 376 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12166-8
$83.50 / £49.00

Introduction

Twins at the Sumida River (Futago sumidagawa, 1720)

Lovers Pond in Settsu Province (Tsu no kuni meoto-ike, 1721)

Battles at Kawa-nakajima (Shinsh kawa-nakajima kassen, 1721)

Love Suicides on the Eve of the Kshin Festival (Shinj yoigshin, 1722)

Tethered Steed and the Eight Provinces of Kant (Kanhassh tsunagi-uma, 1724)

Glossary

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

C. Andrew Gerstle is a professor of Japanese studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is the author of Circles of Fantasy: Convention in the Plays of Chikamatsu and editor of Eighteenth Century Japan and other books.

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