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Title Wondrous brutal fictions : eight Buddhist tales from the early Japanese puppet theater / translated, with an introduction, by R. Keller Kimbrough
Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (466 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Translation; Introduction; Sansho Dayu; Karukaya; Shintokumaru; Oguri; Sayohime; Aigo-no-waka; Amida's Riven Breast; Goo-no-hime; Appendix 1. Major Sekkyo Chanters; Appendix 2. Works in This Volume; Glossary; Bibliography
Summary As works of Buddhist fiction, these texts relate the histories and miracles of particular buddhas, bodhisattvas, and local deities. Many of their protagonists have become recognizable cultural icons through their representation in later works of Japanese drama, fiction, and film. The collection includes such sekkyo "sermon-ballad" classics as Sansho Dayu, Karukaya, and Oguri, as well as the "old joruri" plays Goo-no-hime and Amida's Riven Breast. R. Keller Kimbrough provides a critical introduction to each vibrant performance genre, emphasizing the role of seventeenth-century publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Sekkyō jōruri.
Buddhist literature, Japanese -- Translations into English
Japanese drama -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Translations into English
Puppet plays, Japanese -- History and criticism
DRAMA -- Asian -- General.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Japanese drama
Buddhist literature, Japanese
Japanese drama -- Edo period
Puppet plays, Japanese
Sekkyō jōruri
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations
Form Electronic book
Author Kimbrough, R. Keller, 1968- translator, writer of introduction.
LC no. 2012036924
ISBN 9780231518338
0231518331
9780231146586
0231146582