Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu

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Illustrator Not listed Language English Genre Drama Country United States of America		Cover artist Benjamin S. Farber Playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon Translator Donald Keene OCLC 37904817

Author Chikamatsu Monzaemon; Keene wrote the Preface, the Introduction, and the two appendices Series as "Major Plays of Chikamatsu", was Number LXVI of the "Records of Civilization Sources and Studies"; it was also included in the "Japanese Translations Series" of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works[1]. Also part of Columbia University Press's "Translations from the Asian Classics" Publisher Columbia University Press Similar The Love Suicides at Amijima, The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, The Guilty Mother

Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu is a collection of four major dramas by the famous Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The four plays were first translated by Donald Keene in 1961, and have appeared in various collections and books over the years; Four Major Plays contains a Preface, an Introduction, and two appendices in addition, and is published by Columbia University Press.

The Preface gives a more popular account of matters, mentioning that Keene's translations of the plays have actually been performed; the lengthy introduction gives a brief biographical sketch of Chikamatsu and a discussion of various literary features and other background useful for understanding Chikamatsu's plays.