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Five Modern No Plays

By Yukio Mishima

By Yukio Mishima

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Dec 01, 2009 | ISBN 9780307473110

Five Modern No Plays by Yukio Mishima
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About Five Modern No Plays

Japanese No drama is one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world. The late Yukio Mishima, one of Japan’s outstanding post-war writers, infused new life into the form by using it for plays that preserve the style and inner spirit of No and are at the same time so modern, so direct, and intelligible that they could, as he suggested, be played on a bench in Central Park. Here are five of his No plays, stunning in their contemporary nature and relevance—and finally made available again for readers to enjoy.

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About Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944, and he established himself as a major author with… More about Yukio Mishima

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Category: Arts & Entertainment | Literary Collections

Paperback | $15.95
Published by Vintage
Dec 01, 2009 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307473110
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