Masterpieces of Chikamatsu: The Japanese Shakespeare - Paperback

by Robert Nichols (Author), Asataro Miyamori (Translator)

This is a selection of the best plays of Chikamatsu, one of the greatest Japanese dramatists. Master of the marionette and popular dramas, he had, until the publication of this book, remained unknown to western readers owing to the difficulty of translating the work into English.