The Noh Drama: Ten Plays from the Japanese |
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ancient Asura autumn bashō bashō-tree BENKEI boat BOATMAN Bodhisattva Bridgeway broad divided skirt broad-sleeved robe brocade Buddha Buddhist Buzen Province Chinese CHORUS age-uta dance Eastland Emperor enters the stage FERRYMAN flowers Genji GHOST Harima Province heart Heike Heike clan Heike Monogatari HERMIT Hōgan Imperial Ise Monogatari Japan Japanese jo-no-mai kimono KIYOTSUNE Kokinshū kuse Kwannon Kyōgen Kyūshū LADY CHORUS Lady Izumi Lady of Eguchi leaves lines are chanted lived lord Lotus Sutra mask Miyako moon MOTHER mound Musashi Musashi Province MYŌJIN Namu Amida Narihira night Noh drama Noh plays OLD WOMAN outer-kimono painted gold-patterned under-kimono poem Pray prayers PRIEST rises river SANEMORI sashi Settsu Province Shinowara Shite Pillar Shite Seat SHIZUKA shrine sits SPIRIT spring Sumida Suminoye Sumiyoshi Takasago Tamura TAMURA-MARU tell temple TOMONARI travelling tree Twin Pines Waki Seat Waki-zure warrior waves wears well-curb Western Paradise white broad divided wife Yoritomo Yoshitsune YOUTH Zeami Motokiyo