Editing Kabuki (section)

==Famous plays==
While there are many famous plays known today, many of the most famous were written in the mid-Edo period, and were originally written for {{transliteration|ja|bunraku}} theatre.

* {{transliteration|ja|[[Kanadehon Chūshingura]]}} (''Treasury of Loyal Retainers'') is the famous story of the forty-seven {{transliteration|ja|rōnin}}, led by Oishi Kuranosuke, who exact revenge on their enemy before [[seppuku|committing suicide]] upon the death of their master, Lord Takuminokami of the Asano clan.<ref name="Miyake">Miyake, Shutarō (1971). "Kabuki Drama". Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau.</ref> This story is one of the most popular traditional tales in Japan, and is based on a famous episode in 18th century Japanese history.
* {{transliteration|ja|[[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura]]}} ({{transliteration|ja|Yoshitsune}} ''and the Thousand Cherry Trees'') follows [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] as he flees from agents of his brother [[Minamoto no Yoritomo|Yoritomo]]. Three [[Taira clan]] generals supposedly killed in the [[Genpei War]] figure prominently, as their deaths ensure a complete end to the war and the arrival of peace, as does a {{transliteration|ja|[[kitsune]]}} named [[Genkurō]].<ref name=Yoshitsune>Jones, Stanleigh H. Jr. (trans.)(1993). "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees." New York: Columbia University Press.</ref>
* {{transliteration|ja|[[Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami]]}} ({{transliteration|ja|Sugawara}} ''and the Secrets of Calligraphy'') is based on the life of famed scholar [[Sugawara no Michizane]] (845–903), who is exiled from Kyoto, and upon his death causes a number of calamities in the capital. He is then deified, as {{transliteration|ja|[[Tenjin (kami)|Tenjin]], [[kami]]}} ("divine spirit") of scholarship, and worshipped in order to propitiate his angry spirit.<ref name="Miyake"/>