The Voices and Hands of Bunraku
by Adachi, Barbara and Donald Keene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG-. General shelf wear to dust jacket. Owner's sticker on a first page, otherwise clean and tight contents.
- ISBN 10
- 087011333X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870113338
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1978. Hardcover. VG/VG-. General shelf wear to dust jacket. Owner's sticker on a first page, otherwise clean and tight contents.. 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. "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.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 169836
- Title
- The Voices and Hands of Bunraku
- Author
- Adachi, Barbara and Donald Keene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG-. General shelf wear to dust jacket. Owner's sticker on a first page, otherwise clean and tight contents.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 087011333X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870113338
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo, New York and San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Asian Art; Theater; Japanese Theater; Bunraku; Puppets ; Bunraku ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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