R. Keller Kimbrough, "Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater" by Luke Thompson, New Books Network

[Cross-posted from New Books in Buddhist Studies] In his recent book, Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater (Columbia University Press, 2013), R. Keller Kimbrough provides us with eight beautifully translated sekkyō 説経 and ko-jōruri 古浄瑠璃 ("old" Japanese puppet theatre) pieces from the seventeenth centu…

SOURCE: New Books In Theater at 07:30AM on January 23, 2015

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