{"product_id":"mishima-on-stage-laurence-kominz-9781929280438","title":"Mishima on Stage: The Black Lizard and Other Plays Volume 59","description":"\u003ci\u003eMishima on Stage\u003c\/i\u003e presents nine plays written between 1949 and 1962 that demonstrate Mishima's breadth and originality as a playwright. Four are new kabuki plays that combine classical language and lyricism, the dance, music, and spectacle of traditional kabuki, and iconoclastic notions of class and morality that are \"pure Mishima.\" Five are \u003ci\u003eshingeki\u003c\/i\u003e plays, including the tightly written one-act \u003ci\u003eSteeplechase\u003c\/i\u003e, which fuses contemporary psychological realism with the structure of a tantric Buddhist exorcism ritual, and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Lizard\u003c\/i\u003e, a campy, romping, romantic detective mystery full of trickery and disguise. One unifying theme shared among all the plays is the belief that deception and deceit are essential to human relationships. These character traits appear as hidden incestuous love that threatens to destroy an upper-middle class family (\u003ci\u003eThe Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e), as weapons of choice for the powerless mistress of a business magnate (the modern noh play \u003ci\u003eYuya\u003c\/i\u003e), or as the means to facilitate wholesome but socially forbidden romantic liaisons (two kabuki comedies). \u003ci\u003eMishima on Stage\u003c\/i\u003e makes the genius of Japan's leading postwar playwright more accessible and apparent than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence Kominz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1929280432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781929280438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Laurence Kominz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978807214335,"sku":"9781929280438","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_293bdfd0-6625-4fb9-bc64-d34db35b2ba6.jpg?v=1683243100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mishima-on-stage-laurence-kominz-9781929280438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}