Donald Keene has translated many plays from this country.
In a style of theater from this country, actors walk onstage via a "flower path" through the audience. Donald Keene has translated many plays from this country. In a form of theater from this country, the set is just a painting of a pine tree. This country is home to a puppet theater that often features "love suicides." In a style of theater mastered by Zeami in this country, the actors wear (*) masks. A poet from this country wrote Narrow Road to the Deep North and, in a poem that features a "cutting word" and a seasonal reference, described the sound a frog makes jumping into an old pond. This country developed Noh and Kabuki plays. For 10 points, name this country home to Chikamatsu and Basho, master of the Haiku.
In a style of theater from this country, actors walk onstage via a "flower path" through the audience.
Japan [or Nihon; or Nippon]