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Crossing Ikutagawa
Reflections on the journey of the monk Renshô from Kyoto to Ich-no-tani before his encounter with the spirit of Atsumori. South the Moon and South from the Capital Renshô walks through the dusk of August heat his shadow grown long … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, Genpei War, heike, ikutagawa, koya pond, kumagae no jiro naozane, minamoto, noh, noh theatre, Renshô, samurai, story of atsumori, suma bay, suma no ura, unai, yodo mill
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Happy Stone
Happy Stone – A Sixth Category Play about a Waki Contributed by James Goode James: Time is rushing forward. Time is rushing forward. It is lunch break on Wednesday of the third week of the Noh Training Project, or as … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, funabenkei, ichi-no-tani, james goode, jo-ha-kyu, jubilith moore, kumagae no jiro naozane, michiyuki, noh, Noh Training Project, Renshô, shidai, shite, theatre nohgaku, waki
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蓮生
Reflections on the monk Renshô, participant in the battle of Ichi-no-tani, March 18, 1184. Renshô stands looking out over the face of the waters at Suma no Ura. An echo of horses and the desperate sighs of the fallen merged … Continue reading
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Renshō
(Additional reflections on the battle of Ichi-no-tani, March 18 1184) Renshō awakens to find the world is fragile like a dream. In ages past he took the lives of men and youth he dashed their souls from their bodies, the … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, Genpei War, heike, ichinotani, kumagae no jiro naozane, minamoto, noh, Renshô, samurai, story of atsumori, suma bay, taira, theatre nohgaku
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Mae-shite
Contributed by David Surtasky My role is mae-shite. Lead actor of the first half, one of the grasscutters. In a traditional noh, the mae-shite and nochi-shite would be the same person, but in our production we’ve divided the role between … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, hayashi, kumagae no jiro naozane, mae-shite, nochi-shite, noh, Noh Training Project, Renshô, takigi noh, theatre nohgaku
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Back in the Jiutaiza 地謡
Contributed by David Surtasky. There’s a certain comfort that I associate with sitting in the jiutaiza. Each year when I’ve had the opportunity to be a participant in the annual Noh Training Project, the first activity of the first day … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, ichinotani, Jiutaiza, kumagae no jiro naozane, Noh Training Project, suma bay, taira, theatre nohgaku, 地謡
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Lament of the Heike
Atsumori (kuse) [By Zeami, translated and adapted by David Crandall © 2012] The lament of the Heike Masters of the world for twenty years and more But in just a single generation Swept away like a brief dream never to … Continue reading
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