Description: The Japanese ballad-drama or kowaka, is a legacy of the heroic age. It recounts the exploits of samurai warriors during the epic struggle between the Genji and Heike clans some eight centuries ago. In this volume, Professor Araki provides a detailed historical account of the ballad-drama and offers the first analysis and explication of the tests to be published in any language. The book contains two parts:Describes the kowaka as a performing art and discusses the carious influences, no, gagakuSynopses of the plots of 50 ballad-dramas and the complete texts of tow of them -- the first ever translated into a Western language. The illustrations are well done - in fact some would be frame worthy
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Book Title: Ballad-Drama of Medieval Japan
Item Length: 8.5in
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1964
Format: Hardcover
Literary Movement: Medieval
Language: English
Item Height: 0.7in
Author: James T. Araki
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Literary Criticism
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Topic: Asian / General, Drama, Poetry
Item Width: 5.5in
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 310 Pages
