Four classical Noh plays, Nishikigi, Hagoromo, Kumasaka and Kagekiyo, in versions Ezra Pound completed from Ernest Fenollosa’s notes. W. B. Yeats’s introduction explains why these masked, ghostly dramas excited him, and how they shaped his own plans for an Irish theatre of masks, dance and music.
A landmark meeting of Japanese drama and Modernist poetry. Download the free EPUB.