Five Sermon-Ballads: Annotated Translations From the 17th Century 'Sekkyo-bushi' Repertoire
FAIN: RL-20595-84
Stanford University (Stanford, CA 94305-2004)
Susan K. Matisoff (Project Director: July 1983 to October 1990)
To support the translation, with accompanying explanatory essays, of a collection of 17th century sermon-ballads that evolved from eighth-century Buddhist morality plays and were performed as popular puppet dramas.