{"product_id":"2026200015119-secondhand-yeats-and-the-noh-types-of-japanese-beauty-and-their-reflection-in-yeatss-plays","title":"Yeats And The Noh: Types Of Japanese Beauty And Their Reflection In Yeats's Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of two ancient theatrical traditions stands a question that has long intrigued scholars: what did W.B. Yeats find in the Japanese Noh theatre that so profoundly shaped his dramatic vision? Yeats and the Noh: Types of Japanese Beauty and Their Reflection in Yeats's Plays by Hiro Ishibashi presents a meticulous and revelatory study of this East-West artistic exchange, arguing that Yeats's encounter with Noh was not a passing influence but a transformative force that restructured the very architecture of his plays. Ishibashi identifies and chronicles the specific aesthetic principles — from symbolic movement and masked performance to the compression of time and spirit — that Yeats absorbed, adapted, and transmuted into a distinctly Irish modernist drama.\n\nEdited by Anthony Kerrigan and published as Volume VI of the prestigious Dolmen Press Yeats Centenary Papers in 1965, this scholarly work occupies a vital place in twentieth-century comparative literary studies. Ishibashi writes with the precision of an academic and the sensitivity of a cultural interpreter, illuminating the philosophical and aesthetic bridges between Zen-inflected Japanese aesthetics and the mystical symbolism of the Irish Revival. For anyone seeking to understand the hidden architecture beneath Yeats's late plays, this rare volume raises a tantalising question: how much of what we call Irish in Yeats was, in truth, Japanese?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203190202587,"sku":"2026200015119-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0a28c6a2-069e-4cab-9635-ddb206d5c039.png?v=1788145414","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015119-secondhand-yeats-and-the-noh-types-of-japanese-beauty-and-their-reflection-in-yeatss-plays","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}