Translations from the Asian classics

A collection of anecdotes, memories of court and religious ceremonies, character sketches, diary entries, and poetry excerpts that help describe what daily life was like in the upper classes in Japan during the Heian period.

"Presents the full range of Zeami's critical thought on this subject, which focused on the aesthetic values of n? and its antecedents, the techniques of playwriting, the place of allusion, the training of actors, the importance of patronage, and the relationship between performance and broader intellectual and critical concerns"--Back cover.

An anthology of Japanese plays, translated into English, featuring plays that are well-known and frequently performed in Japan, and covering the theatrical forms of noh, kyogen, kabuki, and the puppet theater.

Contains a collection of poems by major and minor poets from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing Dynasties of China between 1279 and 1911.