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Loading... Love of Izayoi & Seishin, a kabuki playby Mokuami Kawatake
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This dramatic and absorbing play tells the story of the courtesan Izayoi and the priest Seishin; classic lovers who are doomed to suffer the tragic consequences of their passion.As a representative example of Japanese play writing of the 19th century The Love of Izayoi and Seishin is a superlative example of the turbulence and dramatic incident that are the major conventions of Kabuki.The intricate plot involves murder, attempted suicide, hari-kiri, theft, and the usual stunning Kabuki denouement. This specific feature is one of the intriguing aspects of Kabuki dram. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)895.623Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese drama Edo period 1603–1868LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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