On the art of the nō drama : the major treatises of Zeami /
This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater by Zeami Motokivo (1363-1443). Zeami, who transformed the No from a country entertainment into a vehicle for profound theatrical and philosophical...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©1984.
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| Series: | Princeton library of Asian translations.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvzsmfdp |
Table of Contents:
- The background of Zeami's treatises / J. Thomas Rimer
- The aesthetics of ambiguity: the artistic theories of Zeami / Yamazak Masakazu
- Texts used for the translations
- Notes on the treatises
- Teachings on style and the flower(Fūshikaden)
- The true path to the flower(Shikadō)
- A mirror held to the flower (Kakyō)
- Disciplines for the joy of art(Yūgaku shūdo fūken)
- Notes on the nine levels(Kyūi)
- Finding gems and gaining the flower(Shūgyoku tokka)
- The three elements in composing a play(Sandō or Nōsakusho)
- Learning the way(Shūdōsho)
- An account of Zeami's reflections on art(Sarugaku dangi)
- Glossaries. English-Japanese glossary ; Japanese-English glossary ; Important persons mentioned in the text ; List of plays and entertainments mentioned in the text.