Early Asian Theatre by Hannah Majka https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3 en-us 2016-10-18 04:23:31 UTC 2025-12-02 20:31:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Playwright: Kan'ami/ Zeami hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131557423 Kan'ami (1333-1408):
Actor/playwright of an artistic acting troupe. Performed for Ashikage Yoshimitsu (shogun, 1358-1408), who liked their performance so much that he sent Kan'ami's son, Zeami, to study acting educationally.
Zeami (1363-1443):
Son of Kan'ami, was sent away to study theatre at 11 years old, took over his father's place as the leader of the troupe and performed for the shogun. Rewrote and revised Kan'ami's plays and established theory and philosophy based off of Zen teachings.
Yūgen: mysterious inner heart or spirit behind outward form
Height of acting troupe at 1408, but then removed from the court when Yoshimitsu (the shogun, his friend) passed away later in the year. He performed until 1422 and gave his troupe to his son to become a Buddhist monk.He became a court musician in 1424, but his nephew took over that role in 1429. He was exiled to Sado in 1435 for political reasons, returned to Kyoto in 1438, and died in 1443. 

]]> 2016-10-18 17:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131557423 Characters hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131680207 Matsukaze (shite)
Ghost of  fisher girl, name means 'Pine Wind', loved Yuki
Murasame (tsure)
Another fisher girl ghost, sister of Matsukaze, name means "Autumn Wind", loved Yuki, but not as much as Matsukaze
Traveling Monk (waki)
Making a pilgrimage to Western Provinces, Monk, traveler 
Villager (kyōgen)
"Comedy", from Suma
Yuki
Not present in the play, but spoken about. Gave Matsukaze and Murasame their names, returned to the Capital and died young. Real person- governor, exiled for 3 years; 818-893
  • "Note that though we may be apart, if I am to hear that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines, I shall return to you"

Setting:
September (Autumn) at Suma Bay in Settsu Province, twilight

Phantasmal Nō play:
priests, grave sites, legends:part 1
reveal of disguise, profound experience, dancing:part 2

Third Category Play
Katsura mono (wig plays), or onna mono (woman plays); female shite; refined songs/dances 
]]> 2016-10-19 03:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131680207 "Religion" in Nō Theatre hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131941020 Buddhism- disolve into nothingness
use prayers to help heal
"Love that involves clinging, lust, confusion, neediness, fear, or grasping to self =expressions of bondage and limitation."
Sutra: Buddhist Scriptures


]]> 2016-10-19 22:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131941020 No Theatre Being Performed hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131942033 Highly stylized
Has both dance and pantomime
Chanting and heightened speech (compared to 'recitative' in western opera)
Elegant costumes
Distinctive makeup
Main character was often masked
Plays changed from slow to fast tempo
No actresses (at least in Zeami's theatre)
Actors trained from childhood
Stage had pillars that represented where each actor stood
hashigakari: bridge that leads from offstage to onstage

]]> 2016-10-19 22:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131942033 hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131945594 2016-10-19 23:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131945594 Themes hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131945678 Love (Matsukaze and Murasame have for Yuki)
Loss (sisters lost Yuki, grieve every day for him, even though they are ghosts)
Madness (Matsukaze thinks a tree is Yuki)
Pining (both her name and her love for Yuki)

]]> 2016-10-19 23:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131945678 Sources hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131948068
  • http://www.the-noh.com/en/plays/data/program_043.html
  • http://quod.lib.umich.edu.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;idno=heb06006.0001.001;node=heb06006.0001.001%3A7.1;view=image;seq=49;size=100;page=root
  • http://www.coreofculture.org/noh.html
  • http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/articles/the-buddhas-teachings-on-love/
  • https://www.britannica.com/art/Noh-theatre
    • ]]>     2016-10-19 23:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/131948068     Scenic Design sharnise https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132124618 -light lighting
    -black box theatre style
    -mountains in the background 
    -giving a oriental style 
    -lanterns and trees]]>     2016-10-20 16:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132124618     hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132139462 2016-10-20 16:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132139462 hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132141845 2016-10-20 16:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132141845 hmajka97 https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132142878 2016-10-20 16:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hmajka97/d46rtgmbrgj3/wish/132142878