Six Circles, One Dewdrop: The Religio-Aesthetic World of Komparu Zenchiku

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Six Circles, One Dewdrop: The Religio-Aesthetic World of Komparu Zenchiku
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Arthur H. Thornhill
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:252
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreBuddhism
ISBN/Barcode 9780691607696
ClassificationsDewey:294.3
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 21 March 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

Noh drama has long fascinated Westerners by its poetic excellence and its dramatic power. To the student of medieval Japanese culture, however, noh writings, especially dramaturgical treatises, are also of immense value as "monuments" of culture. To uncover the larger patterns of cultural discourse in these theoretical works, Arthur Thornhill prese

Reviews

"Thornhill has ... chosen for his subject a collection of texts by dramatists, poets, religious leaders, and thinkers. Based on this complex textual source, Thornhill draws conclusions with important implications for reconsidering the disciplinary categories that currently form both academic study and popular conceptions of Muromachi history and culture."--Journal of Asian Studies