Like Clouds or Mists
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Like Clouds or Mists

Studies and Translations of No Plays of the Genpei War

  1. 564 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Like Clouds or Mists

Studies and Translations of No Plays of the Genpei War

About this book

This volume is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. Essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike: Kiyomori's rise (the Gi? cycle of plays); Yoshinaka's push to the capital; the flight of the Heike and the battle of Ichi-no-tani; and the aftermath of the war. Each event features a series of one to three plays preceded by essays.

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Yes, you can access Like Clouds or Mists by Elizabeth A. Oyler, Michael Watson, Elizabeth A. Oyler,Michael Watson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Drama. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Half-Title Page (Japanese)
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents ix-xii
  7. Foreward xiii-xv
  8. 01 Introduction 1-22
  9. 02 Zeami, A Wandering Ghost, and the Lotus Sutra 23-40
  10. 03 Gio 41-52
  11. 04 Hotoke no hara 53-65
  12. 05 How Gio Saves Her Father's Life 67-81
  13. 06 Ro-Ro (Gio at the Prison) 83-95
  14. 07 The Battle of Tonamiyama in Bangai No 97-112
  15. 08 Kiso 113-121
  16. 09 Kurikara otoshi 123-135
  17. 10 Sanemori: Departure from Oral Narrative 137-143
  18. 11 Sanemori 145-162
  19. 12 Genzai Sanemori 163-168
  20. 13 Shunzei Tadanori: Its Background and Related Plays 169-181
  21. 14 Shunzei Tadanori 183-193
  22. 15 Kiyotsune 195-209
  23. 16 Preachers and Playwrights: Ikuta Atsumori and the Roots of No 211-229
  24. 17 Ikuta Atsumori 231-245
  25. 18 Ko Atsumori 247-260
  26. 19 The Heiki, the No, and Kyogen Zato Plays 261-279
  27. 20 Nasu 281-284
  28. 21 The No Play Shigehira 285-292
  29. 22 Shigehira 293-308
  30. 23 Morihisa and the Cult of Kannon at Kiyomizudera 309-328
  31. 24 Performing Kannon's Grace: The No Morihisa 329-347
  32. 25 Morihisa 349-378
  33. 26 Genre and the Heike Plays in Zeami's Go on 379-390
  34. 27 Rokudai no utai (The Song about Rokudai) 391-397)
  35. 28 No as Political Allegory: The Case of Haku Rakuten 399-442
  36. 29 Haku Rakuten 443-462
  37. 30 Epilogue 463-483
  38. Appendix 485-518
  39. Works Cited 519-535
  40. Contributors 536-539
  41. Cornell East Asia Series