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TRANSLATIONS BY ARTHUR WALEY
A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems
More Translations from the Chinese
THE NŌ PLAYS OF JAPAN
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
KEY TO PLAN I
KEY TO PLAN II
INTRODUCTION
(1) THE NŌ STAGE.
(2) THE PERFORMERS.
(a) The Actors.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The Musicians.
COSTUME.
PROPERTIES.
DANCING AND ACTING.
THE PLAYS.
ORIGINS.
YŪGEN
PATRONS
IMITATION (Monomane).
APPARITIONS
CHILD PLAYS
RESTRAINT
NOTE ON BUDDHISM
ATSUMORI, IKUTA, AND TSUNEMASA.
ATSUMORI
IKUTA
TSUNEMASA
CHAPTER II
KUMASAKA
EBOSHI-ORI
BENKEI ON THE BRIDGE (HASHI-BENKEI)
CHAPTER III
KAGEKIYO
HACHI NO KI
NOTE ON KOMACHI.
SOTOBA KOMACHI
CHAPTER IV
Note on Ukai.
UKAI (THE CORMORANT-FISHER)
AYA NO TSUZUMI (THE DAMASK DRUM)
Note on Aoi No Uye.
AOI NO UYE (PRINCESS HOLLYHOCK)
CHAPTER V
Note on Kantan.
KANTAN
THE HŌKA PRIESTS (HŌKAZŌ)
Note on Hagoromo.
HAGOROMO
CHAPTER VI
Note on Tanikō and Ikeniye.
TANIKŌ (THE VALLEY-HURLING)
IKENIYE (THE POOL-SACRIFICE)
HATSUYUKI (EARLY SNOW)
HAKU RAKUTEN
INTRODUCTION
ACT II.
CHAPTER VII SUMMARIES
HANAKATAMI (THE FLOWER BASKET)
OMINAMESHI
MATSUKAZE
SHUNKWAN
AMA (THE FISHER-GIRL)
TAKE NO YUKI (SNOW ON THE BAMBOOS)
TORI-OI
YUYA
TANGO-MONOGURUI
IKKAKU SENNIN (THE ONE-HORNED RISHI)
YAMAUBA (THE DAME OF THE MOUNTAINS)
HOTOKE NO HARA
MARI (THE FOOTBALL)
TŌRU
MAI-GURUMA[213] (THE DANCE WAGGONS)
CHAPTER VIII KYŌGEN
THE BIRD-CATCHER IN HELL[215] (ESASHI JŪŌ)
SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY
EUROPEAN
JAPANESE
APPENDIX I
MODERN NŌ LETTERS FROM JAPAN
APPENDIX II
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber’s Note
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