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Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (Paperback): Stanleigh Jones  Jr.

Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (Paperback)

Stanleigh Jones Jr.

Series: Translations from the Asian Classics

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Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy is a classic play from Japan's golden age of puppet theater. Written in the eighteenth century, it tells the tale of Sugawara no Michizane, a wronged scholar-official who, in death, joins the Shinto pantheon as a nurturer of scholarship and calligraphy. The story recounts Sugawara's entanglement with the powerful Fujiwara family, who accuse Sugawara of plotting against the emperor, resulting in his exile and death in 903. After a series of misfortunes befall those who conspired against him, Sugawara's enemies appease his spirit through deification. Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy centers on three archetypical brothers and their wives. Their fates unfold against the intrigues surrounding Sugawara and his foes, which reflect the cultural values of the Edo period woven into a stylized past. This annotated translation by Stanleigh H. Jones Jr. replicates the play's poetic and idiomatic language and its original mix of register while also clarifying the drama's complex story and dialogue for students of Japanese literature and drama. An introduction situates the play within its eighteenth-century context and ninth-century setting and describes the relationship between bunraku puppet theater and kabuki. A unique illustrated appendix delves into the construction of puppets and the art of puppetry.

General

Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Release date: March 2016
Translators: Stanleigh Jones Jr.
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-05987-9
Languages: English
Subtitles: Japanese
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN: 0-231-05987-6
Barcode: 9780231059879

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