{"product_id":"revealed-identity-paul-s-atkins-9781929280360","title":"Revealed Identity: The Noh Plays of Komparu Zenchiku Volume 55","description":"A renowned performer in his own time, Komparu Zenchiku was rediscovered in the modern period as the author of numerous treatises on his art, which he studied under the tutelage of his father-in-law, Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443). Even more recently, Zenchiku has begun to receive the attention he deserves as a major playwright in the Japanese dramatic tradition.\u003ci\u003eRevealed Identity\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an introduction on the cultural, philosophical, and sociopolitical contexts in which fourteen fascinating plays that have been attributed to Zenchiku were produced. The plays are then grouped into five thematic clusters: the relationship between humans and the nonsentient world, transgression and the suppression or subjugation of the demonic, divinity and its intersection with landscape and the abject, the figuration of female characters as \"women who wait,\" and delusion and ambiguity in works based on the classic \u003ci\u003eTale of Genji\u003c\/i\u003e.The entire study is organized around a concept called \"revealed identity,\" which is defined as a relentless nondualism coupled with a sense of drama as an opportunity to reveal the true nature of a character, rather than illustrating a transformation of that nature. In this regard, Zenchiku's attitude toward noh diverges from that of his contemporaries and challenges the classic Western view of drama that defines it in terms of conflict and action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul S. Atkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 192928036X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781929280360\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\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Paul S. Atkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44491639423231,"sku":"9781929280360","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25bccedc-0952-42a8-9e17-e3bf990f104e.jpg?v=1699452370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/revealed-identity-paul-s-atkins-9781929280360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}