Plays of Old Japan: The 'No'
Translated by Marie C. Stopes and Joji Sakurai
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The opening
THE MAIDEN’S TOMB DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
The Maiden UNAI (really her spirit temporarily incarnated as a maiden) (Shite) Two of the Village Maidens (Tsure) A Priest (Waki) The Ghost of the Maiden UNAI (Nochi-jite) Chorus
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About this edition
- The words
- Marie C. Stopes and Joji Sakurai's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- Pictures and their captions, in 3 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- A preface, foreword or afterword, in 3 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 5 places
- Closing line naming the end of the play (3 blocks)
- Notes about a stage production
- Stopes's English bibliography of the Nō (9 blocks)