Joy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams presents a selection of N¿ plays, magnificently rendered in English by Royall Tyler, an eminent scholar and translator of classical Japanese literature.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
N¿ Plays
Akoya no matsu (The Akoya Pine)
Funabashi (The Boat Bridge)
Furu
Genji kuy¿ (To Hallow Genji)
Genj¿
Hakozaki
Higaki (The Cypress Fence)
Kiyotsune
Kuzu
Matsukaze (Wind in the Pine)
Matsura Sayohime
Naniwa
Nishikigi (The Painted Wands)
Nomori (The Watchman's Mirror)
Saoyama
Tadatsu no Saemon
T¿gan Bot¿ (T¿gan and Bot¿)
T¿ru
Tsunemasa
Unoha (Cormorant Feathers)
Essays and Other Translations
Matsukaze and the Music of the Biwa
The Sword of Furu
The Jewel of Shidoji
N¿ Texts Translated
Works Cited