Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays edited and translated by C. Andrew Gerstle [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]
01 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Japanese, Repost, Translation
This welcome collection offers a look at some of the later works of the prolific 17th-century Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), still considered to be Japan’s most famous playwright.
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