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page 1Buddhist plays

lhamo
thumb|Masked dancers (hero and leaping dog) at the Wangdue Phodrang District|Wangdue Phodrang tshechu, [[Bhutan, 2007.]]
thumb|Dance of the Lord of Death and his Consort, Paro, Bhutan|Paro, [[Bhutan, at a tsechu festival in 2006.]]
thumb|Lhamo during Qing dynasty
thumb|262x262px|Ache Lhamo in front of Gongkar Dzong, 1939|alt=
Mudrarakshasa
The Mudrārākshasa (मुद्राराक्षस, IAST: Mudrārākṣasa, ) is a Sanskrit-language play by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the Emperor Chandragupta Maurya ( BCE) to power in India. The play is an example of creative writing, but not entirely fictional. It is dated variously from the late 4th century to the 8th century CE.
Atsumori
Noh play
Kanjinchō
Kanjinchō (勧進帳, The Subscription List) is a kabuki dance-drama by Namiki Gohei III, based on the Noh play Ataka. It is one of the most popular plays in the modern kabuki repertory.
Hagoromo
Noh play
The Love Suicides at Amijima
play of bunraku or kabuki
Dōjōji
Noh play
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
Japanese Kabuki play
Matsukaze
thumb|right|Ariwara no Yukihira and the two brinewomen, Murasame and Matsukaze, in an 1886 woodblock print by Yoshitoshi.
Mulian Rescues His Mother
popular Chinese Buddhist tale
Ataka
Japanese Noh play
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
play