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Product Description 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. Review "The great advantage of Shimazaki's translations is that an English reader now has the wherewithal to begin to decode these beautiful works... a labor of love and scholarship." About the Author Chifumi Shimazaki worked as a translator, lecturer, script writer and marketing researcher, and studied Noh as a performing art under leading Noh actors and musicians for more than fifty years.