Kabuki Plays On Stage
Edited by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter
University of Hawai`i Press (forthcoming)

Volume I: Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1770 (13 plays)
Volume II: Villainy and Vengeance: 1770-1800 (12 plays)
Volume III: Darkness and Desire: 1800-1868 (14 plays)
Volume IV: Restoration and Reform: 1868-1904 (12 plays)

Volume I
Contents
Preface
Introduction, by Samuel L. Leiter and James R. Brandon

The Felicitous Soga Encounter (Kotobuki Soga no Taimen), 1676

by Ichikawa Danjûrô I, translated by Laurence Kominz

Just a Minute! (Shibaraku), 1697

by Ichikawa Danjûrô I, translated by Katherine Saltzman-Li

Matahei the Stutterer (Domo Mata), from Keisei Hangonkô (The Courtesan of the Hangon Incense), 1708

by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, translated by Holly Blumner

The Medicine Peddler (Uirôuri), 1718

by Ichikawa Danjûrô II et al., translated by Laurence Kominz

The Stone-Cutting Feat of Kajiwara (Ishikiri Kajiwara), from Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna (The Plum-Blossom Reins of Miura no Ôsuke), 1730

by Hasegawa Senshi and Matsuda Bunkôdô, translated by William Lee

Lady Kuzunoha (Kuzunoha), from Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya Dôman) 1734

by Takeda Izumô II, translated by Cody Poulton

The Secret Art of Rowing (Sakarô), from Hiragana Seisuiki (A Beginner's Version of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and the Genji), 1739

by Matsuda Bunkodô et al., translated by Matthew Johnson

Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka (Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami), 1745

by Namiki Sôsuke et al., translated by Julie Iezzi

The Sky-Light (Hikimado), from Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (Chôgorô and Chôkichi: A Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters), 1747

by Takeda Izumo et al., translated by Matthew Johnson

The Sanemori Story (Sanemori Monogatari), from Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (The Genji and Heike at Nunobiki Waterfall), 1749

by Namiki Senryû and Miyoshi Shôraku, translated by Katherine Saltzman-Li

The Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji), from Gion Sairei Shinkôki (The Gion Festival of Faith), 1757

by Nakamura Akei et al., translated by Alan Cummings

The Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume), 1762

Anonymous, translated by Cody Poulton

Japan's Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Virtue (Honchô Nijûshikô), 1766

by Chikamatsu Hanji et al., translated by Paul M. Griffith

Volume II

Contents
Preface
Introduction, by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter

Great Favorite Subscription List (Gohiiki Kanjinchô), 1773

by Sakurada Jisuke I, translated by Leonard C. Pronko

The Precious Incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai (Meiboku Sendai Hagi), 1777

by Nagawa Kamesuke et al., translated by Matthew Johnson

The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest (Sanmon Gosan no Kiri), 1778

by Namiki Gohei I, translated by Alan Cummings

Nozaki Village (Nozakimura), from Shinpan Utazaimon (The Ballad of Osome and Hisamatsu), 1780

by Chikamatsu Hanji, translated by Cody Poulton

The Revenge at Tengajaya (Tengajaya Mura), 1781

by Nagawa Kamesuke, Nagawa Jûsuke, et al., translated by Alan Cummings

Mirror Mountain: A Women's Treasury of Loyalty (Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishiki-e), 1782

by Yô Yôtai, translated by Mark Oshima

The Barrier Gate (Seki no To), 1784

by Takarada Jurai (text), Tobaya Richô and Kishizawa Shikisa II (music), Nishikawa Senzô II (choreography), translated by Samuel L. Leiter and Kei Hibino

The Tale of Shiroishi and The Taihei Chronicles (Go Taiheiki Shiroishi Banashi), 1780

by Ki no Jôtarô, Utei Enba, and Yô Yôtai, translated by Paul M. Griffith

Five Great Powers That Secure Love (Godairiki Koi No Fûjime), 1794

by Namiki Gohei I, translated by Julie Iezzi

A Message of Love from Yamato (Koi no Tayori Yamato Ôrai), 1796

by Namiki Shôzô II and Tatsuoka Mansaku, translated by James R. Brandon

The Ise Dances and Love's Dull Blade (Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba), 1796

by Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Tatsuoka Mansaku, and Namiki Shôzô II, translated by Stanleigh H. Jones, Jr.

The Picture Book of the Taikô (Ehon Taikôki), 1799

by Chikamatsu Yanagi, Chikamatsu Kosuiken, and Chikamatsu Chiyôken, translated by Samuel L. Leiter

Glossary
Bibliography
Contributors

Volume III

Contents
Preface
Introduction, by Samuel L. Leiter and James R. Brandon

The Tale of Tokubei from India (Tenjiku Tokubei), 1804

by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, tr by Paul B. Kennelly

Sanbasô with His Tongue Stuck Out (Shitadashi Sanbasô), 1812

by Sakurada Jisuke II, translated by Mark Oshima

The Scandalous Love of Osome and Hisamatsu (Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri), 1813

by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, translated by Valerie Durham

Yasuna, 1818

by Chikuda Kinji and Tsuruya Nanboku IV (text), translated by Mark Oshima

The Execution Ground at Suzugamori (Suzugamori), from Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (The Floating World,s Pattern and Matching Lightning Bolts), 1823

by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, translated by Ronald Cavaye

Kasane, from Kesa Kakematsu Narita no Riken (A Surplice-Hanging Pine and the Sharp Sword of Narita), 1823

by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, translated by Mark Oshima

The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan), 1825

by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, translated by Paul B. Kennelly

The Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume), from Kaesu Gaesu Nagori no Ôtsu (Ôtsu of the Ever Returning Farewells), 1826

by Katsui Gonpachi (text), translated by Leonard C. Pronko

The Six Poet Immortals (Rokkasen), 1831

by Matsui Kôji (text), translated by Paul Griffith

Masakado, from Yo ni Utô Sôma no Furugosho (Filial Love at the Abandoned Sôma Palace), 1836

by Takarada Jusuke (text), translated by Leonard C. Pronko

The Tale of the Martyr of Sakura (Sakura Giminden), 1851

by Segawa Jokô III, translated by Anne Phillips

The Three Kichisas and the New Year's First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters (Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai), 1860

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Kei Hibino and Alan Cummings

Scarface Otomi (Kirare Otomi), from Musume Gonomi Ukina no Yokogushi (A Female Version of the Boxwood Comb Lover's Scandal), 1864

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Valerie Durham

Gorozô the Gallant (Gosho no Gorozô), from Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome (The Soga Design and the Gallant's Dyed Kimono), 1864

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Alan Cummings

Glossary
Bibliography
Contributors

Volume IV

Introduction by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter

Two Lions (Renjishi), 1872

by Kawatake Mokuami translated by Paul Griffith

Shinza the Barber (Kamiyui Shinza), 1873

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Faith Bach

Sakai's Drum (Sakai no Taikô), 1873

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Paul Griffith

The Woman Student (Onna Shôsei Shigeru),1877

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Valerie Durham
The Renowned Banzui Chôbei (Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbei) ,1881

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Barbara E. Thornbury

The Fishmonger Sogorô (Sakanaya Sogorô), 1883

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Faith Bach

The Demon Ibaraki (Ibaraki), 1883

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Leonard Pronko

Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei), 1885

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Paul Griffith

The Maple Viewing (Momijigari), 1887

by Kawatake Mokuami, translated by Rick Emmert and Alan Cummings

The Dropped Robe (Suô Otoshi) , 1892

by Fukuchi Ôchi, translated by Julie Iezzi

The Mirror Lion, A Spring Diversion (Shunkyô Kagami Jishi), 1893

by Fukuchi Ôchi, translated by Paul Griffith

A Sinking Moon Over the Lonely Castle Where the Cuckoo Cries (Kojô Rakugetsu Hototogisu), 1905

by Tsubouchi Shôyô, translated by J. Thomas Rimer