Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater

Book Overview

Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time. Both poignant and disturbing, they range from stories of cruelty and brutality to tales of love, charity, and outstanding filial devotion, representing the best of early Edo-period literary and performance traditions and acting as important precursors to the Bunraku...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231146590
• ISBN13: 9780231146593
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher