Foreword

This edition of Zeami Motokiyo’s Plays was produced from various translations. Takasago was translated by Frederick Victor Dickins and originally published in 1906. Sakuragawa was translated by George Sansom and originally published in 1911. Kinuta, Suma Genji and Nishikigi were translated by Ernest Fenollosa and originally published in 1916. Yamanba was translated by Yone Noguchi and originally published in 1918. Atsumori was translated by Arthur Waley and originally published in 1921.