Waley's translation of twenty-odd No plays, where ghosts of Heike warriors, a jealous Rokujo and a fisherman-turned-angel return to chant their sorrows to wandering priests. Framed by a long introduction on the masks, music and Buddhist outlook of the stage.
Books mentioned in The No Plays of Japan (2)
Lotus Sutra: “(1) The Amidists sought to gain satori by the study of the Hokke Kyo, called in Sanskrit Saddharma Pundarika Sutra or "Scripture of the Lotus of the True Law," or even by the mere repetition of its complete title "Myoho Renge Hokke Kyo."”
Abhidharmakosa by Vasubandhu: “…but in the Hokke Scripture I have not got to the Law-Master Chapter, and in the Gusha-shastra I have not got as far as the Seventh Book.”