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Book Atsumori

    Book Details:
  • Author : Zeami Motokiyo
  • Publisher : Volume Edizioni srl
  • Release : 2014-03-07
  • ISBN : 8897747108
  • Pages : 37 pages

Download or read book Atsumori written by Zeami Motokiyo and published by Volume Edizioni srl. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The Tales of Heike". Contents: Preface by Massimo Cimarelli Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo Pearson Part I Interlude Part II Glossary Notes

Book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be  Volume 3

Download or read book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be Volume 3 written by Taamo and published by Kodansha America LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nishiki is starting to adjust to her new life in Tokyo after she came to school to chase after Atsumori, who had visited her hometown. Atsumori continues to help her out, until one day he invites her to dinner with his family and she becomes his temporary girlfriend! But, during the dinner Nishiki understands Atsumori's loneliness for the first time, and she resolves to always be by his side. And just as she's accepted the end of their temporary relationship, Atsumori kisses her and makes it official. However, Takara-kun, her fiance from back home, is still waiting on her?! Thus begins a heated love triangle!! Don't miss Volume 3 of the awkward romance between a pure country girl and a spoiled Tokyo heir!

Book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be  Volume 4

Download or read book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be Volume 4 written by Taamo and published by Kodansha America LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ll try harder next time…” After a brief stint as Atsumori’s temporary girlfriend, Nishiki is finally Atsumori’s actual girlfriend. Around that time, Nishiki’s fiance, Takara-kun, comes to Tokyo and tells Atsumori that he still loves Nishiki! Takara-kun’s arrival prompts a shift in Atsumori, who had been struggling to be sure whether or not he loved Nishiki; he’s finally able to break through his confusion, and grows even closer to Nishiki… Meanwhile, Kano-chan, who had resolved to continue her one-sided love for Takara-kun, is in disarray after seeing how Takara-kun still has feelings for Nishiki…

Book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be  Volume 2

Download or read book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be Volume 2 written by Taamo and published by Kodansha America LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nishiki has a fiancé arranged for her, but when she meets Atsumori, the high school student visiting from Tokyo, she chases after him and enrolls at his school. As Atsumori helps Nishiki adjust to her city, her feelings for him only grow stronger. One day, a surprise rain shower ends with Nishiki going to Atsumori's apartment. But while the two are there, Atsumori's mother suddenly appears! Nishiki is flustered by the rapid development, but then Atsumori introduces Nishiki as his "number one choice for a bride"?! Nishiki's life as a temporary girlfriend begins in Volume 2!

Book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be 6

Download or read book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be 6 written by Taamo and published by Kodansha America LLC. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nishiki arranges to meet with Atsumori’s father, but her grandfather collapses on the same day, and she’s forced to suddenly cancel. Her grandfather is admitted into the hospital owned by Atsumori’s family, and when she runs into his father there, he gives her the cold shoulder. Despite her setbacks, Nishiki resolves to get into medical school with Atsumori, and devotes herself to studying for the entrance exams. Meanwhile, Atsumori’s brother Yukishika has declared that he’ll be the one to take over the family business. Atsumori finds himself feeling deeply conflicted, and runs away on an elopement trip with Nishiki! As Atsumori realizes the depth of his feelings, he officially asks Nishiki to marry him…?! Nishiki and Atsumori’s awkward love finally reaches its resolution!

Book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be 5

Download or read book Atsumori kun s Bride to Be 5 written by Taamo and published by Kodansha America LLC. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let's get married, Nishiki." On their first heart-pounding overnight trip together, Nishiki and Atsumori's feelings will grow even stronger... When Nishiki returns to her hometown over summer break, she shares her new dream of becoming a doctor with her parents. Her father quickly rejects the idea, though, and to make matters worse, things are awkward with Takara and Kano. In the midst of all this, Atsumori, who was supposed to be studying for his college exams in Tokyo, shows up at Nishiki's house! He introduces himself to her parents, and his sincerity makes an impression on Nishiki's skeptical father. Inspired by the meeting, Atsumori invites Nishiki to meet his father, but the night of their appointment, the unthinkable happens...

Book Japanese Culture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Varley
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2000-03-01
  • ISBN : 9780824821524
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Japanese Culture written by Paul Varley and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This widely used undergraduate text is now available in a new edition. Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the forty-seven ronin, Mito scholarship in the early nineteenth century, and mass culture and comics in contemporary times.

Book Traditional Japanese Theater

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen Brazell
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780231108737
  • Pages : 580 pages

Download or read book Traditional Japanese Theater written by Karen Brazell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.

Book Traditional Japanese Literature

Download or read book Traditional Japanese Literature written by Haruo Shirane and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haruo Shirane's critically acclaimed Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600, contains key examples of both high and low styles of poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. For this abridged edition, Shirane retains substantial excerpts from such masterworks as The Tale of Genji, The Tales of the Heike, The Pillow Book, the Man'yoshu, and the Kokinshu. He preserves his comprehensive survey of secular and religious anecdotes (setsuwa) as well as classical poems with extensive commentary. He features no drama; selections from influential war epics; and notable essays on poetry, fiction, history, and religion. Texts are interwoven to bring into focus common themes, styles, and allusions while inviting comparison and debate. The result is a rich encounter with ancient and medieval Japanese culture and history. Each text and genre is enhanced by extensive introductions that provide sociopolitical and cultural context. The anthology is organized by period, genre, and topic—an instructor-friendly structure—and a comprehensive bibliography guides readers toward further study. Praise for Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 "Haruo Shirane has done a splendid job at this herculean task."—Joshua Mostow, University of British Columbia "A comprehensive and innovative anthology.... All of the introductions are excellent."—Journal of Asian Studies "One of those impressive, erudite, must-have titles for anyone interested in Asian literature."—Bloomsbury Review "An anthology that comprises superb translations of an exceptionally wide range of texts.... Highly recommended."—Choice "A wealth of material."—Monumenta Nipponica

Book Kabuki

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  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2021-05-25
  • ISBN : 0824842839
  • Pages : 481 pages

Download or read book Kabuki written by and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While its actors made their entrace down the Flower Way over three hundred years ago, little of kabuki's repertory has been available to English readers. Not only are adequate translations difficult to produce, but also because the spoken parts of the drama constitute but a portion of that grand spectacle, English renderings often have an elliptical quality.These five plays, however, were translated from tapes made by James Brandon at actual performances, imparting to them an unusual immediacy. The superb translations are further enhanced by detailed commentary and stage directions that reflect music and sound effects as well as positions of actors on stage and their stylized gestures and posturing, all of which are such a vital part of a live performance. A concise introduction includes the history of kabuki, its religious background and ties with prostitution, its themes and playwriting systems, and its performance conventions, actors, music, and dance. Appendixes provide a fascinating focus on various sound effects and music cues in performance. More than one hundred production photographs vividly convey the action and emotion of one of the world's greatest stage arts. First published in 1975, this volume remains a classic.A reprint to the 1975 edition. Accepted into the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, Japanese Series.

Book Monsters  Animals  and Other Worlds

Download or read book Monsters Animals and Other Worlds written by Keller Kimbrough and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan. These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a major turning point in the history of Japanese literature. They bring together many earlier types of narrative—court tales, military accounts, anecdotes, and stories about the divine origins of shrines and temples––joining book genres with parlor arts and the culture of itinerant storytellers and performers. The works presented here are organized into three thematically overlapping sections titled, “Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds,” “Buddhist Tales,” and “Interspecies Affairs.” Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from the original scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.

Book Japan in Traditional and Postmodern Perspectives

Download or read book Japan in Traditional and Postmodern Perspectives written by Charles Wei-hsun Fu and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book displays the uniqueness and creativity of Japan in terms of the interplay between traditional and postmodern perspectives. It deals with the traditional elements in Japanese culture in the light of or in contrast to postmodernism.

Book Weaving and Binding

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Como
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2009-09-02
  • ISBN : 0824829573
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Weaving and Binding written by Michael Como and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most exciting developments in the study of Japanese religion over the past two decades has been the discovery of tens of thousands of ritual vessels, implements, and scapegoat dolls (hitogata) from the Nara (710-784) and early Heian (794-1185) periods. Because inscriptions on many of the items are clearly derived from Chinese rites of spirit pacification, it is now evident that previous scholarship has mischaracterized the role of Buddhism in early Japanese religion. Weaving and Binding makes a compelling argument that both the Japanese royal system and the Japanese Buddhist tradition owe much to continental rituals centered on the manipulation of yin and yang, animal sacrifice, and spirit quelling. Building on these recent archaeological discoveries, Michael Como charts an epochal transformation in the religious culture of the Japanese islands, tracing the transmission and development of fundamental paradigms of religious practice to immigrant lineages and deities from the Korean peninsula. In addition to archaeological materials, Como makes extensive use of a wide range of textual sources from across Asia, including court chronicles, poetry collections, gazetteers, temple records, and divinatory texts. As he investigates the influence of myths, legends, and rites of the ancient Chinese festival calendar on religious practice across the Japanese islands, Como shows how the ability of immigrant lineages to propitiate hostile deities led to the creation of elaborate networks of temple-shrine complexes that shaped later sectarian Shinto as well as popular understandings of the relationship between the buddhas and the gods of Japan. For much of the book, this process is examined through rites and legends from the Chinese calendar that were related to weaving, sericulture, and medicine—technologies that to a large degree were controlled by lineages with roots in the Korean peninsula and that claimed female deities and weaving maidens as founding ancestors. Como’s examination of a series of ancient Japanese legends of female immortals, weaving maidens, and shamanesses reveals that female deities played a key role in the moving of technologies and ritual practices from peripheral regions in Kyushu and elsewhere into central Japan and the heart of the imperial cult. As a result, some of the most important building blocks of the purportedly native Shinto tradition were to a remarkable degree shaped by the ancestral cults of immigrant lineages and popular Korean and Chinese religious practices. This is a provocative and innovative work that upsets the standard interpretation of early historical religion in Japan, revealing a complex picture of continental cultic practice both at court and in the countryside.

Book Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective

Download or read book Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective written by Barbara Stoler Miller and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1994-02-17 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 46 essays by specialists in Asian literature, who offer a wide range of possibilities for introducing Asian literature to English-speaking students. It is intended to help in promoting multicultural education.

Book Japanese No Dramas

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 1992-10-29
  • ISBN : 0141907800
  • Pages : 760 pages

Download or read book Japanese No Dramas written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1992-10-29 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese nõ theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects, but the idea of 'form' is more central than 'meaning' and their structure is always ritualized. Selected for their literary merit, the twenty-four plays in this volume dramatize such ideas as the relationship between men and the gods, brother and sister, parent and child, lover and beloved, and the power of greed and desire. Revered in Japan as a cultural treasure, the spiritual and sensuous beauty of these works has been a profound influence for English-speaking artists including W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and Benjamin Britten.

Book Like Clouds or Mists

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth A. Oyler
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2014-01-31
  • ISBN : 194224259X
  • Pages : 562 pages

Download or read book Like Clouds or Mists written by Elizabeth A. Oyler and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ballad Drama of Medieval Japan

Download or read book The Ballad Drama of Medieval Japan written by James T. Araki and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: