Download or read book The Vendetta of the 47 Rōnin in Modern Kabuki written by Paul Griffith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revenge of the 47 rōnin is the most famous vendetta in Japanese history and it continues to inspire the popular imagination today. Written between 1934 and 1941, Mayama Seika’s ten-play cycle Genroku Chūshingura is a unique retelling of the incident based on his own painstaking research into the historical facts. Considered a modern masterpiece, it now has a secure place in the Kabuki repertoire and many of the plays are still frequently performed. For the first time, Seika’s monumental achievement is here translated into English in its complete and original form by three experienced experts in the field.