Five Modern Nō Plays (1956)
Five Modern Nō Plays is a 1956 Japanese-language no plays book written by Yukio Mishima.
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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What is Five Modern Nō Plays about?
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.
When was Five Modern Nō Plays published?
Five Modern Nō Plays was published in 1956.
Who made Five Modern Nō Plays?
Five Modern Nō Plays was written by Yukio Mishima.