TY - BOOK AU - Kimbrough,Keller TI - Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater SN - 9780231146593 AV - PL768.J6 W66 2013 U1 - 895.6205160803 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - Buddhist literature, Japanese KW - Translations into English KW - Japanese drama KW - Edo period, 1600-1868 KW - Puppet plays, Japanese KW - History and criticism KW - Sekkyō jōruri KW - DRAMA / Asian / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on the Translation --; Introduction --; Sanshō Dayū --; Karukaya --; Shintokumaru --; Oguri --; Sayohime --; Aigo-no-waka --; Amida's Riven Breast --; Goō-no-hime --; Appendix 1. Major Sekkyō Chanters --; Appendix 2. Works in This Volume --; Glossary --; Bibliography; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time. Both poignant and disturbing, they range from stories of cruelty and brutality to tales of love, charity, and outstanding filial devotion, representing the best of early Edo-period literary and performance traditions and acting as important precursors to the Bunraku and Kabuki styles of theater.As works of Buddhist fiction, these texts relate the histories and miracles of particular buddhas, bodhisattvas, and local deities. Many of their protagonists are cultural icons, recognizable through their representation in later works of Japanese drama, fiction, and film. The collection includes such sekkyo "sermon-ballad" classics as Sansho Dayu, Karukaya, and Oguri, as well as the "old joruri" plays Goo-no-hime and Amida's Riven Breast. R. Keller Kimbrough provides a critical introduction to these vibrant performance genres, emphasizing the role of seventeenth-century publishing in their spread. He also details six major sekkyo chanters and their playbooks, filling a crucial scholarly gap in early Edo-period theater. More than fifty reproductions of mostly seventeenth-century woodblock illustrations offer rich, visual foundations for the critical introduction and translated tales. Ideal for students and scholars of medieval and early modern Japanese literature, theater, and Buddhism, this collection provides an unprecedented encounter with popular Buddhist drama and its far-reaching impact on literature and culture UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/kimb14658 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231518338 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231518338/original ER -