Japanese Noh Drama: Ten Plays Selected and Translated from the Japanese, Volume 1 |
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ancient Asura autumn bashō bashō-tree BENKEI boat BOATMAN Bodhisattva Bridgeway broad divided skirt broad-sleeved robe Buddha Buddhist Buzen Province Chinese CHORUS age-uta dance Eastland Emperor enters the stage FERRYMAN flowers Genji GHOST Harima Province heart Heike Heike clan HERMIT HOGAN Imperial Ise Monogatari issei Japanese 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 painted gold-patterned under-kimono plum-tree poem Pray prayers PRIEST rises river SANEMORI Settsu Province Shin Kokinshu Shinowara Shite Pillar Shite Seat SHIZUKA shrine sits SPIRIT spring Sumida Suminoye Sumiyoshi sword Takasago Tamura TAMURA-MARU tell temple Tomomori 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