Major Plays of Chikamatsu (Paper)

Illustrations xi Foreword xiii Wm. Theodore de Bary Preface xv Introduction 1(38) The Love Suicides at Sonezaki 39(18) Sonezaki Shinju The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa 57(34) Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi Yosaku from Tamba 91(40) Tamba Yosaku The Love Suicides in the Women's Temple 131(30) Shinju Mannenso The Courier for Hell 161(34) Meido no Hikyaku The Battles of Coxinga 195(75) Kokusenya Kassen Gonza the Lancer 270(43) Yari no Gonza The Uprooted Pine 313(38) Nebiki no Kadomatsu The Girl from Hakata, or Love at Sea 351(36) Hakata Kojoro Namimakura The Love Suicides at Amijima 387(39) Shinju Ten no Amijima The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil 426(47) Onnagoroshi Abura Jigoku Appendix I: A Note on Prostitution in Chikamatsu's Plays 473(3) Appendix II: Contemporary Puppet Performances of Chikamatsu's Plays 476(5) Bibliography 481