First, a few comments about Chikamatsu: Chikamatsu Monzaemon, circa-1700, is writing what today we would call �bourgeois� dramas. Plays li...
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Puppet Theater, Turkic Generals, and Dead Consorts: Some Thoughts on Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the An Lushan Rebellion, and Kenji Mizoguchi�s Princess Yang Kwei-fei.
An Lushan
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Henrik Ibsen
Kenji Mizoguchi
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Shakespeare
