MAE SMETHURST is Professor of Classics and East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. Her other publications include The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami: A Comparative Study of Greek Tragedy and Noh (Princeton 1989), and The Noh Ominameshi: A Flower Viewed from Many Directions.
Translations of six shura (battle)-Noh that have for the main character the ghost of a warrior whose story is told in the Tale of Heike. Each Noh has a detailed introduction and footnotes.
This volume deals with fiendish women, mad persons, mask-less samurai, street artists, and outcasts. The book showcases six masterpieces from the remaining five subgroups of the Fourth Group Noh.
