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| On the Art of the No Drama : The Major Treatises of Zeami (Princeton Library of Asian Translations) | | | Author: | Masakazu Yamazaki (Editor), J. Thomas Rimer (Translator) | | ISBN: | 069110154X | | Format: | Handover | | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | Book Review | | | |
Book Description
This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443). Zeami, who transformed the No from a country entertainment into a vehicle for profound theatrical and philosophical experience, was a brilliant actor himself, and his treatises touch on every aspect of the theater of his time.
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Text: English, Japanese (translation)
On the Art of the No Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami: Translated by J. Thomas Rimer, Yamazaki Masakazu FROM THE PUBLISHER This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443). Zeami, who transformed the No from a country entertainment into a vehicle for profound theatrical and philosophical experience, was a brilliant actor himself, and his treatises touch on every aspect of the theater of his time.
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