Kabuki: Five Classic PlaysThese five plays, translated from tapes made by the translator at actual performances, represent basic dramatic types and performance styles. Mixing historical or legendary events with scenes from everyday life, their plots are based on intrigue, love, and the struggle for power. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Flower of | 47 |
Saint Narukami and the God Fudo | 93 |
Copyright | |
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actor AGEMAKI AKUGORŌ aragoto Atsumori audience bata-bata tsuke beats batan batan tsuke beats battari tsuke beats bell tolls BLACK CLOUD bows Buddha child clack COURTESAN curtain dance DANJŌ Danjūrō drum enters face falls Fudo GEMBA GENGO Genroku GONSUKE GUNJI GUNJIBEI hanamichi HANBEI hand HARUKAZE HARUMICHI HAYAKUMO head HIRAYAMA IKYŪ IZAEMON jōruri kabuki KANROKU KANZŌ Kaza kimono kimono sleeve Kiyomizu Temple kneels knees KOHINA Kojirō KUMAGAI kyōgen large drum looks Lord MAID Master MATSUWAKA MIDAROKU MIMBU MOMBEI monks Morita Kanya Music stops NAGAURA Nakamura Namboku NARRATOR sings NARUKAMI NISHIKI OJŪ OSHIGE pattern poses priest Princess of Edo Princess Sakura puppet rain rises robe SAGAMI Saint Narukami samurai Scarlet Princess scene SEIGEN SEIHEI SEMBEI SENTARŌ seven-three sewamono shamisen accompaniment Shamisen play SHICHIRO SHINBEI Shiragiku sings to shamisen STAGE ASSISTANT SUKEROKU sword TAEMA temple Theater TOYOHIDE turns umbrella wagoto watarizerifu WHITE CLOUD YOSHITSUNE Yoshiwara Yugiri ZANGETSU