A great, ancient art form, brought right up to date by one of
Japan's foremost writers Noh is a form of classical Japanese
dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Based
on tales from traditional literature, and structured according to
strict rules, at the heart of Noh often lies an accidental
encounter through which the workings of Fate are revealed. Often
one of the persons is not what he or she seems to be: perhaps a
ghost, or a character who has suffered a dramatic reversal of
fortune. These five pieces, written between 1950 and 1955 and
presented as modern plays at the time, are as suited to being
performed on any stage in the world, as they are to being read in
Donald Keene's pitch-perfect translation. In them, Yukio Mishima
preserves the weird and haunting mood of classical Noh, whilst
lending his characters and situations the directness and hardness
of an encounter on a modern city street.
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