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Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy
Stanleigh Jones Jr.
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Description for Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy
Paperback. A complete translation of a major Japanese puppet drama written in 1746, with an investigation into the play's many authors and the use of "bunraku" puppets. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy is a classic play from Japan's golden age of puppet theater. Written in the eighteenth century, it tells the tale of Sugawara no Michizane, a wronged scholar-official who, in death, joins the Shinto pantheon as a nurturer of scholarship and calligraphy. The story recounts Sugawara's entanglement with the powerful Fujiwara family, who accuse Sugawara of plotting against the emperor, resulting in his exile and death in 903. After a series of misfortunes befall those who conspired against him, Sugawara's enemies appease his spirit through deification. Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy centers on three ... Read more
Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy is a classic play from Japan's golden age of puppet theater. Written in the eighteenth century, it tells the tale of Sugawara no Michizane, a wronged scholar-official who, in death, joins the Shinto pantheon as a nurturer of scholarship and calligraphy. The story recounts Sugawara's entanglement with the powerful Fujiwara family, who accuse Sugawara of plotting against the emperor, resulting in his exile and death in 903. After a series of misfortunes befall those who conspired against him, Sugawara's enemies appease his spirit through deification. Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy centers on three ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Weight
350 g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231059879
SKU
V9780231059879
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About Stanleigh Jones Jr.
Stanleigh H. Jones Jr. is professor emeritus of Japanese at Pomona College. He studied Japanese at International Christian University in Tokyo and completed his Ph.D in Japanese literature at Columbia University. He is also the editor and translator of Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees and the author of The Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan: Honor, Vengeance, and Love in ... Read more
Reviews for Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy
More than readable and accurate... the reader can even sense the different linguistic appeals that the narrative and dialogue portions of the play have for Japanese readers and spectators. Monumenta Nipponica Jones's Sugawara... reveals a rare love and understanding of the bunraku puppet theatre, coupled with careful scholarship and an imaginative realization of the author's aims. Asian Theatre Journal