Copyright Law Symposium

C. Andrew Gerstle is a professor of Japanese studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is the author of Circles of Fantasy: Convention in the Plays of Chikamatsu and editor of Eighteenth Century Japan and other books.

Introduction Twins at the Sumida River (Futago sumidagawa, 1720) Lovers Pond in Settsu Province (Tsu no kuni meoto-ike, 1721) Battles at Kawa-nakajima (Shinsh kawa-nakajima kassen, 1721) Love Suicides on the Eve of the Kshin Festival (Shinj yoigshin, 1722) Tethered Steed and the Eight Provinces of Kant (Kanhassh tsunagi-uma, 1724) Glossary