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Sumidagawa (隅田川)
Contributed by David Surtasky Sumidagawa (隅田川) a fourth category play by Kanze Jūrō Motomasa There was once a Boatman who ferried people across the Sumidagawa, and on a certain day he was impatient to bring his passengers aboard. A Buddhist … Continue reading
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Tagged 隅田川, fourth category play, Kitashirakawa, kyoto, madwoman, memorial service, Miyakodori, Namuamidabutsu, Narihira, noh play summary, sumida river, Sumidagawa, tragic loss, Umewakamaru, 大阪, 京都
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Miwa (三輪)
Contributed by David Surtasky Miwa (三輪) A fourth category play by an unknown author Many, many years ago there was a monk named Genpin. Now Genpin lived at the base of Mount Miwa, somewhat south of Nara. It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ama-no-Iwato, Amaterasu Ōmikami, Deity of Ise, Deity of Miwa, eboshi, fourth category play, genpin, impermanence, japanese star anise, kagura, kariginu, manifestation of a diety, Miwa, Mount Miwa, noh play in autumn, noh play summary, poem written on a kimono, shikimi, Village of Miwa, 三輪
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Shunkan (俊寛)
Contributed by David Surtasky Shunkan (俊寛) A fourth-category play by an unknown author Quite some time ago there was a great war between the Minamoto and Taira clans. It was a terrible war, and many had suffered because of it. … Continue reading
Motomezuka (求塚)
Contributed by David Surtasky Motomezuka (求塚) (summary) A fourth category play attributed to Kan’nami As is sometimes the case, a group of Monks traveled from the west, making their way to Kyoto. Drawing their traveling cloaks about them, they went … Continue reading
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Tagged fourth category play, grave mound, ikuta-gawa, Kan’nami, Motomezuka, noh play summary, sought-for-grave, tragic suicide, unai, 求塚
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Kantan (邯鄲)
Contributed by David Surtasky Kantan (邯鄲) (summary) A fourth category play by an unknown author Once there was a village in China named Kantan. Neither poor nor prosperous, the village had an inn, and the inn had a Mistress. At … Continue reading
Hanjo (斑女)
Contributed by David Surtasky Hanjo (斑女) [summary] A fourth category play by Kanze Motokiyo Zeami At one time there was a Mistress of an Inn at Nogami in the province of Mino some ways from Kyoto. At her inn she … Continue reading
Chōbuku Soga (調伏曽我)
(Editor’s note: the below summary is principally derived from “Chōbuku Soga. A Noh Play by Miyamasu,” Laurence Bresler, Monumenta Nipponica , Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring, 1974), pp. 69-81, Published by: Sophia University.) Contributed by David Surtasky Chōbuku Soga (調伏曽我) (summary) … Continue reading
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Tagged Chōbuku Soga, 調伏曽我, five wisdom kings, fourth category play, Fudō Myōō, hachiman, Hakoō, kanagawa, kawazu, lake ashi, minamoto no yoritomo, Miyamasu, mt ashigara, mt hakone, mt kamakura, murdered father, noh, noh play summary, revenge, sacrificial altar, Suketsune, Thousand-armed Kannon
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Koi no Omoni (恋重荷)
(Editor’s note: the below is principally derived from “The No Plays: Koi no Omoni and Yuya,” P. G. O’Neill, Monumenta Nipponica , Vol. 10, No. 1/2 (1954), pp. 203-226, Published by: Sophia University.) Contributed by David Surtasky Koi no Omoni … Continue reading
Kinuta (砧)
[Editor’s note: in Eileen Katō’s forward to her translation of Kinuta (Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Autumn, 1977), pp. 332-346) she quotes Zeami as saying of this work: Once on a quiet night, while listening to the music of … Continue reading
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Tagged anguish, ashiya, catalpa bow, 砧, fourth category play, fulling-block, Kanze Motokiyo Zeami, Kinuta, longing, noh, noh play summary, sobu, Yūgiri
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