THE NŌ PLAYS OF JAPAN
TRANSLATIONS BY ARTHUR WALEY
A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY CHINESE POEMS
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THE NŌ PLAYS OF JAPAN
BY ARTHUR WALEY
NEW YORK ALFRED · A · KNOPF 1922
COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY ARTHUR WALEY
Published March, 1922
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CONTENTS
PAGE
KEY TO PLANS 12, 14 PLANS 13, 15 INTRODUCTION 17-29 NOTE ON BUDDHISM 30-32
CHAPTER I ATSUMORI 36-44 IKUTA 45-50 TSUNEMASA 51-56
CHAPTER II KUMASAKA 60-68 EBOSHI-ORI 69-80 BENKEI ON THE BRIDGE 81-86
CHAPTER III KAGEKIYO 89-99 HACHI NO KI 100-112 SOTOBA KOMACHI 113-124
CHAPTER IV UKAI 127-133 AYA NO TSUZUMI 134-141 AOI NO UYE 142-151
CHAPTER V KANTAN 155-164 THE HŌKA PRIESTS 165-175 HAGOROMO 176-184
CHAPTER VI TANIKŌ 185-193 IKENIYE 194-200 HATSUYUKI 201-204 HAKU RAKUTEN 205-213