Item #169836 The Voices and Hands of Bunraku. Barbara Adachi, Donald Keene.
The Voices and Hands of Bunraku
The Voices and Hands of Bunraku

The Voices and Hands of Bunraku

Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1978. Hardcover. Goldenrod cloth with black lettering and design. Black and color-illustrated dust jacket, white and orange-brown lettering. Approx 145 pp. Filled with color plates and BW illustrations. VG/VG-. General shelf wear to dust jacket. Owner's sticker on a first page, otherwise clean and tight contents. Item #169836
ISBN: 9780870113338

"Bunraku blends music, action, and narrative so skillfully that the spectator quickly forgets he is watching dolls of wood and cloth rather than live performers; the plays, too, move the audience, being intricate works woven around the themes of sacrifice, loyalty, heroism, and passion." -- dj flap.

OCLC: 4313382

Price: $35.00

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