China Reinterpreted: Staging the Other in Muromachi Noh Theater

By Leo Shingchi Yip

This bookis a comprehensive study of Chinese figures and motifs in medieval Japanese noh theater. It explores the images of China and their implications constructed in the so-called "karagoto-mono"(Chinese plays) that reflect the artistic preferences, as well as the cultural and sociopolitical sentiments towards China held by Muromachi noh artists and audiences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498520588
• ISBN13: 9781498520584
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"