Week 4 images

Here are some of the images that I showed in lecture today (plus a few that I didn't get to).


Image of Amida Buddha, late Heian period


Image of Amida Buddha greeting dead soul, late Heian period


Wife vendetta, 19th century


Honorable warrior suicide, 19th century


Dishonorable warrior suicide, 19th century


Idealized image of love suicide couple


Love suicide parody (mid 18th century)


Chanter, musician, and puppeteer, 19th century


Puppet theater chanter


Puppet theater musician


Puppeteers


Puppet theater libretto


Here is a scene from a production of Love Suicide at Amijima
Although the dialogue is a little different, this scene corresponds to pp. 74-75 of your translation.