Twenty plays of the Nō theatre / edited by Donald Keene, with the assistance of Royall Tyler ; illustrated with drawings by Fukami Tanrō and from the Hōshō texts.
"Prepared for the Columbia College Program of Translations from the Oriental Classics."
Contents
The Conventions of the Nō drama, by D. Keene.--Works by Kanʾami: Matsukaze.--The sought-for grave (Motomezuka). Komachi and the hundred nights (Kayoi Komachi).--Works by Zeami: Komachi at Sekidera (Sekidera Komachi). The brocade tree (Nishikigi). Semimaru. The deserted crone (Obasute). Lady Han (Hanjo). The reed cutter (Ashikari).--Works of unknown authorship: Shōkun. The shrine in the fields (Nonomiya). The iron crown (Kanawa).--Work by Zenchiku: Yōkihi.--Works by Nobumitsu: The priest and the willow (Yugyō yanagi). Dōjōji.--A program of five plays: The queen mother of the West (Seiōbo). Kanehira. The imperial visit to Ohara (Ohara gokō).--The bird-scaring boat (Torioi-bune). The valley rite (Tanikō)
