Warrior Ghost Plays from the Japanese Noh Theater (Cornell East Asia Series)

Product Description

Translations of six shura (battle)-Noh that have for the main character the ghost of a warrior whose story is told in the Tale of Heike. Each Noh has a detailed introduction and footnotes.

Review

“The great advantage of Shimazaki’s translations is that an English reader now has the wherewithal to begin to decode these beautiful works… a labor of love and scholarship.”

About the Author

Chifumi Shimazaki worked as a translator, lecturer, script writer and marketing researcher, and studied Noh as a performing art under leading Noh actors and musicians for more than fifty years.