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Takasago (高砂)
Contributed by David Surtasky Takasago (高砂) A first category play by Zeami Motokiyo Quite some time ago a Priest from Aso Shrine in Kyushu was traveling with his companions. The Priest was called Tomonari, and he had decided to pay … Continue reading
Tōboku (東北)
Contributed by David Surtasky Tōboku (東北) A third-category play, attributed to Zeami Once, many years ago, a Monk and his attendants decided to travel all the way to Kyoto from the East. It was early spring, and still just a … 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
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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