Five Modern No Plays

by YUKIO MISHIMA

2020-12-28 19:42:23

Japanese No drama is one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world. The late Yukio Mishima, one of Japan''s outstanding post-war writers, infused new life into the form by using it for plays that preserve the style and in... Read more
Japanese No drama is one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world. The late Yukio Mishima, one of Japan''s outstanding post-war writers, infused new life into the form by using it for plays that preserve the style and inner spirit of No and are at the same time so modern, so direct, and intelligible that they could, as he suggested, be played on a bench in Central Park. Here are five of his No plays, stunning in their contemporary nature and relevance—and finally made available again for readers to enjoy. Less

Book Details

File size8.01 X 5.21 X 0.5 in
Print pages224
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date December 1, 2009
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780307473110
Yukio Mishima (Jan 14, 1925 – Nov 25, 1970) was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai , an unarmed civilian militia. He was consider...

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