The Priest and His Disciples (Shaw Translation)
At the age of twenty-six (at the height of the Great War in Europe), the religious pilgrim and maverick Kurata Hyakuzō wrote a profoundly philosophical play called "The Priest & His Disciples" ("Shukke to sono deshi"). This stage play is based on the life and teachings of the 13th century Buddhist priest Shinran (1173-1263) and quickly became immensely popular. Shinran, the historical founder of the True Pure Land School of Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū), encounters the poor family of Hino Saemon and his wife Okane, and converses with them about how to live in circumstances of change and turmoil and hardship. Most of the ideas represented as Shinran's are really Kurata's own philosophies, an amalgam of Eastern and Western ideas adapted by his own iconoclastic spirit to the tumultuous times of early twentieth-century Japan. - Summary by Expatriate
Genre(s): Drama, Modern, Other religions
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Translator's Introduction | Expatriate |
00:07:58 |
| Play 01 | Induction | Expatriate |
00:13:06 |
| Play 02 | Act I, Scene 1 | Expatriate |
00:28:09 |
| Play 03 | Act I, Scene 2a | Expatriate |
00:19:01 |
| Play 04 | Act I, Scene 2b | Expatriate |
00:20:26 |
| Play 05 | Act IIa | Expatriate |
00:23:30 |
| Play 06 | Act IIb | Expatriate |
00:23:25 |
| Play 07 | Act III, Scene 1 | Expatriate |
00:28:18 |
| Play 08 | Act III, Scene 2 | Expatriate |
00:25:05 |
| Play 09 | Act IV, Scene 1 | Expatriate |
00:26:37 |
| Play 10 | Act IV, Scene 2 | Expatriate |
00:27:56 |
| Play 11 | Act V, Scene 1 | Expatriate |
00:24:25 |
| Play 12 | Act V, Scene 2 | Expatriate |
00:29:41 |
| Play 13 | Act VI, Scene 1 | Expatriate |
00:08:49 |
| Play 14 | Act VI, Scene 2 | Expatriate |
00:20:51 |
| Play 15 | Act VI, Scene 3 | Expatriate |
00:05:03 |
| Play 16 | Act VI, Scene 4 | Expatriate |
00:11:52 |