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今何時、我々は何処ですか
Contributed by David Surtasky The specifics of place: the Sumida River, Dan-no-Ura, Suma Bay, the forest of Ikuta, Mount Hakone, the plains of Adachigahara, the beach at Sumiyoshi, the Palace of Hōrai . In many noh plays, the place-names appear … Continue reading
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Tagged architectures of poetry and time, bridge, buddhism in noh, Dan-no-Ura, fence, full moon, Fushimi Inari Taisha, gate, Kawara-no-in, kyoto, Minamoto no Tōru, Mount Hakone, mountain, osaka checkpoint, pine tree, place, road, royall tyler, suma bay, sumida river, the beach at Sumiyoshi, the forest of Ikuta, the Palace of Hōrai, the plains of Adachigahara, the water's edge, water, 伏見稲荷大社
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Matsukaze (松風)
Contributed by David Surtasky Matsukaze (summary) A third category play, attributed to Kan’ami (revised by Zeami) A Buddhist priest once traveled through the provinces, and made a stop in Kyoto where he visited many famous temples and aged ruins and … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn rain, kan'ami, loneliness, matsukaze, moon in a bucket, murasame, noh, noh play in autumn, noh play summary, pine wind, salt kiln, suma bay, third category play, wind in the pines, yukihira, zeami, 松風
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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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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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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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