Explanation of No Plays: A Vade Mecum for Spectators
Translated into English by Y. Negishi. [Tokyo]: Sunjusha, [1925]. Octavo, wraps. Four hole side-stitch, bound with white string. 11 unpaginated black and white plates with tissue paper + 39pp.
Signed on the title page by the translator, Timothy Yoshitaro Negishi, a long-tenured professor at St. Paul’s University in Tokyo.
Good (+) condition, with moderate wear and a soft bump to the top fore-corner of the textblock. Only a few tatters remain of the paper strip which it appears once covered the spine.
A concise and authoritative introduction to the various aspects of Noh drama, by one of the principal figures in the Japanese Noh revival of the early 20th century.
