The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The Tales of Heike". Contents: Preface by Massimo Cimarelli Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo Pearson Part I Interlude Part II Glossary Notes

Nishiki is starting to adjust to her new life in Tokyo after she came to school to chase after Atsumori, who had visited her hometown. Atsumori continues to help her out, until one day he invites her to dinner with his family and she becomes his temporary girlfriend! But, during the dinner Nishiki understands Atsumori's loneliness for the first time, and she resolves to always be by his side. And just as she's accepted the end of their temporary relationship, Atsumori kisses her and makes it official. However, Takara-kun, her fiance from back home, is still waiting on her?! Thus begins a heated love triangle!! Don't miss Volume 3 of the awkward romance between a pure country girl and a spoiled Tokyo heir!

“I’ll try harder next time…” After a brief stint as Atsumori’s temporary girlfriend, Nishiki is finally Atsumori’s actual girlfriend. Around that time, Nishiki’s fiance, Takara-kun, comes to Tokyo and tells Atsumori that he still loves Nishiki! Takara-kun’s arrival prompts a shift in Atsumori, who had been struggling to be sure whether or not he loved Nishiki; he’s finally able to break through his confusion, and grows even closer to Nishiki… Meanwhile, Kano-chan, who had resolved to continue her one-sided love for Takara-kun, is in disarray after seeing how Takara-kun still has feelings for Nishiki…

Nishiki has a fiancé arranged for her, but when she meets Atsumori, the high school student visiting from Tokyo, she chases after him and enrolls at his school. As Atsumori helps Nishiki adjust to her city, her feelings for him only grow stronger. One day, a surprise rain shower ends with Nishiki going to Atsumori's apartment. But while the two are there, Atsumori's mother suddenly appears! Nishiki is flustered by the rapid development, but then Atsumori introduces Nishiki as his "number one choice for a bride"?! Nishiki's life as a temporary girlfriend begins in Volume 2!

Nishiki arranges to meet with Atsumori’s father, but her grandfather collapses on the same day, and she’s forced to suddenly cancel. Her grandfather is admitted into the hospital owned by Atsumori’s family, and when she runs into his father there, he gives her the cold shoulder. Despite her setbacks, Nishiki resolves to get into medical school with Atsumori, and devotes herself to studying for the entrance exams. Meanwhile, Atsumori’s brother Yukishika has declared that he’ll be the one to take over the family business. Atsumori finds himself feeling deeply conflicted, and runs away on an elopement trip with Nishiki! As Atsumori realizes the depth of his feelings, he officially asks Nishiki to marry him…?! Nishiki and Atsumori’s awkward love finally reaches its resolution!

"Let's get married, Nishiki." On their first heart-pounding overnight trip together, Nishiki and Atsumori's feelings will grow even stronger... When Nishiki returns to her hometown over summer break, she shares her new dream of becoming a doctor with her parents. Her father quickly rejects the idea, though, and to make matters worse, things are awkward with Takara and Kano. In the midst of all this, Atsumori, who was supposed to be studying for his college exams in Tokyo, shows up at Nishiki's house! He introduces himself to her parents, and his sincerity makes an impression on Nishiki's skeptical father. Inspired by the meeting, Atsumori invites Nishiki to meet his father, but the night of their appointment, the unthinkable happens...

For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This widely used undergraduate text is now available in a new edition. Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the forty-seven ronin, Mito scholarship in the early nineteenth century, and mass culture and comics in contemporary times.

The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.

Haruo Shirane's critically acclaimed Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600, contains key examples of both high and low styles of poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. For this abridged edition, Shirane retains substantial excerpts from such masterworks as The Tale of Genji, The Tales of the Heike, The Pillow Book, the Man'yoshu, and the Kokinshu. He preserves his comprehensive survey of secular and religious anecdotes (setsuwa) as well as classical poems with extensive commentary. He features no drama; selections from influential war epics; and notable essays on poetry, fiction, history, and religion. Texts are interwoven to bring into focus common themes, styles, and allusions while inviting comparison and debate. The result is a rich encounter with ancient and medieval Japanese culture and history. Each text and genre is enhanced by extensive introductions that provide sociopolitical and cultural context. The anthology is organized by period, genre, and topic—an instructor-friendly structure—and a comprehensive bibliography guides readers toward further study. Praise for Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 "Haruo Shirane has done a splendid job at this herculean task."—Joshua Mostow, University of British Columbia "A comprehensive and innovative anthology.... All of the introductions are excellent."—Journal of Asian Studies "One of those impressive, erudite, must-have titles for anyone interested in Asian literature."—Bloomsbury Review "An anthology that comprises superb translations of an exceptionally wide range of texts.... Highly recommended."—Choice "A wealth of material."—Monumenta Nipponica

While its actors made their entrace down the Flower Way over three hundred years ago, little of kabuki's repertory has been available to English readers. Not only are adequate translations difficult to produce, but also because the spoken parts of the drama constitute but a portion of that grand spectacle, English renderings often have an elliptical quality.These five plays, however, were translated from tapes made by James Brandon at actual performances, imparting to them an unusual immediacy. The superb translations are further enhanced by detailed commentary and stage directions that reflect music and sound effects as well as positions of actors on stage and their stylized gestures and posturing, all of which are such a vital part of a live performance. A concise introduction includes the history of kabuki, its religious background and ties with prostitution, its themes and playwriting systems, and its performance conventions, actors, music, and dance. Appendixes provide a fascinating focus on various sound effects and music cues in performance. More than one hundred production photographs vividly convey the action and emotion of one of the world's greatest stage arts. First published in 1975, this volume remains a classic.A reprint to the 1975 edition. Accepted into the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, Japanese Series.