Promises to become a classic. -- The Drama Review

The glory of Japanese traditional theater...is here re-created in book form as perfectly as it can be. -- The Japan Times

Traditional Japanese drama is certainly one of the richest of the world's stage heritage . . . Such a collection will enable readers (and teachers and students) to see the whole range of the tradition and importantly how the same stories are transformed when recreated for the different stages. -- Drew Gerstle author of Circles of Fantasy: Convention in the Plays of Chikamatsu and Theatre as Music: The Banruku Play: Mt. Imo and Mt. Se, an Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue.

Traditional Japanese drama is certainly one of the richest of the worlds stage heritage . . . Such a collection will enable readers (and teachers and students) to see the whole range of the tradition and importantly how the same stories are transformed when recreated for the different stages. -- Drew Gerstle author of Circles of Fantasy: Convention in the Plays of Chikamatsu and Theatre as Music: The Banruku Play: Mt. Imo and Mt. Se, an Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue.

"A compact introduction, rich variety of fine translations of representative plays, detailed stage directions, and extensive photographs make this an ideal teacher's tool...This is not only a fine anthology, but the only anthology of its kind." -- Jonah Salz, The Journal of Asian Studies

"A collection of translations of traditional Japanese plays that will become the standard textbook for courses on Japanese theater. A compact introduction, rich variety of fine translations of representative plays, detailed stage directions, and extensive photographs make this an ideal teacher's tool." -- Jonah Salz, The Journal of Asian Studies

"Promises to become a classic." -- The Drama Review