Download or read book Restless Spirits from Japanese Noh Plays of the Fourth Group written by Chifumi Shimazaki and published by Cornell East Asia Series. This book was released on 1995 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "fourth-group Noh," so designated because they are performed fourth in a formal five-Noh program, includes almost one hundred plays, and is a group of great variety: some plays are supernatural or visional, others realistic; their leading characters include deities, demons, ghosts, mad people, samurai, and street artists. Dividing them into nine sub-groups, the author fully analyses their dramatic characteristics. Includes translations of four Noh chosen from the first four subgroups. Format is line-by-line translation next to the Romanized Japanese text, with introduction and running commentary.