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Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (Paperback)
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Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (Paperback)
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.
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