Revealed Identity: The Noh Plays of Komparu Zenchiku

A renowned performer in his own time, Komparu Zenchiku was rediscovered in the modern period as the author of numerous treatises on his art, which he studied under the tutelage of his father-in-law, Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443). Even more recently, Zenchiku has begun to receive the attention he deserves as a major playwright in the Japanese dramatic tradition.

Revealed Identity begins with an introduction on the cultural, philosophical, and sociopolitical contexts in which fourteen fascinatin...