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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
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
Posted in Atsumori, Performances
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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Kumagai no Jirō Naozane
(Below is a reflection on the battle at Ichi-no-tani, March 18, 1184 between the Genji and Heike clans as told in the Heike Monogatari from which the noh play Atsumori is derived. Kumagai no Jirō Naozane is the warrior who becomes … Continue reading
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Tagged atsumori, Genpei War, heike, ichinotani, Kumagai no Jirō Naozane, march 18 1184, minamoto, noh, Noh Training Project, samurai, story of atsumori, 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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