Twenty plays of the Nō theatre.
By: Edited by Donald Keene, with the assistance of Royall Tyler. Illustrated with drawings by Fukami Tanrō and from the Hōshō texts.
Contributors: Tyler, Royall, ed.
Series: UNESCO collection of representative works.; Records of civilization: sources and studies,; 85; Records of civilization, sources and studies,; no. 85.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Nō plays; Japanese drama -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Notes: "Prepared for the Columbia College Program of Translations from the Oriental Classics."
Table of contents: title: The Conventions of the Nō drama, by D. Keene.; title: Works by Kanʼami: Matsukaze.; title: The sought-for grave (Motomezuka). Komachi and the hundred nights (Kayoi Komachi).; title: Works by Zeami: Komachi at Sekidera (Sekidera Komachi). The brocade tree (Nishikigi). Semimaru. The deserted crone (Obasute). Lady Han (Hanjo). The reed cutter (Ashikari).; title: Works of unknown authorship: Shōkun. The shrine in the fields (Nonomiya). The iron crown (Kanawa).; title: Work by Zenchiku: Yōkihi.; title: Works by Nobumitsu: The priest and the willow (Yugyō yanagi). Dōjōji.; title: A program of five plays: The queen mother of the West (Seiōbo). Kanehira. The imperial visit to Ohara (Ohara gokō).; title: The bird-scaring boat (Torioi-bune). The valley rite (Tanikō)