Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play
Takeda Izumo; Miyoshi Shoraku; Namiki Senryu
Language: English
Published by Columbia University Press, 1971
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- Title
- Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play
- Author
- Takeda Izumo; Miyoshi Shoraku; Namiki Senryu
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Publication year
- 1971
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0231035314
- ISBN 13
- 9780231035316
- Item weight
- 0.6 pounds
Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perenially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written around 1748 as a puppet play, it is now better know in Kabuki performances. In the twentieth century, cinema and television versions have been equally successful. Donald Keene here presents a complete translation of the original text, with notes and an introduction that increase the reader's comprehension and enjoyment of the play. The introduction also elucidates the idea of loyalty. This traditional virtue, as exemplified in Chushingura, has never completely lost its hold on audiences, in spite of twentieth-century changes in Japanese society and moral ideas. Moreover, as Professor Keene points out, the excitement, color and violence expressed in the play may be considered the counterpoint to the austere restraint and understatement which are more commonly thought to be "traditionally" Japanese.
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About the Author
Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is also President of the Donald Keene Foundation of Japanese Culture.
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