Mae J. Smethurst’s scholarship offers an illuminating examination of aspects of Japanese nō through Aristotle’s Poetics. Smethurst focuses on genzai or realistic nō alongside tragedies by Sophocles and Euripides that Aristotle favored. Published by Lexington Books, this text is part of the series Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches curated in partnership with Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies.