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Rashōmon (Noh play)

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the audience follows the characters from one venue to another as the story develops. Part 1 of Rashomon takes place in the dining hall of a general, whereas Part 2 sees the waki character, Tsuna, ascending the Rasho Gate in an attempt to determine the truth of the rumor that a demon is residing on the gate."
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Asian theatre journal: ATJ - Volume 22 - Page 41 Asian Theatre Program (University and College Theatre Association) - 2005 "We see similar shifts in Kanze Nobumitsu's and Nagatoshi's plays. For instance, in two of Kanze Nobumitsu's plays, Rashomon (Gate of Rasho) and Funabenkei (Benkei on Board),17
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Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa, Director - Page 114 Akira Kurosawa, Donald Richie - 1987 "Noh1 play written by Kanze Nobumitsu. ... The gate for my film Rashomon was the main gate to the outer precincts of the ancient capital — Kyoto was at that time called "Heian-Kyo." If one ... The Noh plays are the
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Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan - Volume 4 - Page 154 Kōdansha - 1983 "Under such circumstances Nobumitsu was obliged to labor for the very survival of the Kanze-school No. Nobumitsu's plays, which include Funa Benkei, Dojoji, Momiji-gari, and Rashomon, are among the most enduringly popular in the
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1972 Page 106 "There are, for instance, some no plays — like Rashomon or Funa-Benkei — in which the dominating figure is not the shite but the waki; the explanation is that around 1500 their author, the actor and poet Kwanze Kojiro Nobumitsu for years played the waki in a no ensemble.
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1974 Page 127 "Kanze Nobumitsu (1435—1516), the seventh son of Zeami's nephew On'ami, wrote plays full of action inctuding Ataka, Funa Benkei, Rashomon, and Choryo. However, these plays do not exist today exactly as they were written and performed during the lives of their
279:- - 1983 Page 180 ""Rashomon" actually refers to the Rajomon gate; the name was changed in a Noh play written by Kanze Nobumitsu. "Rajo" indicates the outer precincts of the castle, so "Rajomon" means the main gate to the castle's outer grounds. The gate " 238: 88:
outer castle gate but Kanze changed it by using the kanji shō for "life" rather than the original jō for "castle" (note that 羅城門 was originally read
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Rashōmon is also a play which follows characters from one venue to another. Act 1 takes place in the dining hall of a general, but in Act 2 the
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character, Tsuna, climbs the Rasho Gate to determine the truth of a story that a demon resides on the gate top.
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wrote a haiku based on the play: “Tsuna now is leaving/ Tsuna is on every tongue - / On a rainy night.
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character in this play only makes an appearance at the end and has no dialogue.
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This, with the play itself, was used as the basis for a painting by Gekkei (
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The history of world theater: from the beginnings to the Baroque
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Curran, Beverley; Sato-Rossberg, Nana; Tanabe, Kikuko (2015).
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The play is set in the context of the final phase of the
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Multiple Translation Communities in Contemporary Japan
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Fables in Ivory: Japanese Netsuke and Their Legends
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Index

Rashomon (play)

Toriyama Sekien
Rajōmon
Noh
Kanze Nobumitsu
Heian period
Rajōmon (羅城門)
Noh
Kikaku
Matsumura Goshun
Benkei on the Bridge
Hogen disturbance
ISBN
9781462913213
"A Study Guide for Ryunosuke Akutagawa's ""Rash?mon"""
ISBN
9780028665528
Something Like an Autobiography


ISBN
9781138831704
Categories
Noh plays
Rashōmon

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