Plays of Old Japan: The 'No'

Nay, in the three worlds there is not a place, ’Tis only in the heavenly expanse.[34] Choose any man and ask him, he will say “Where else!” And what else could he ever say?

The young green shoots that grow on field and marsh We now must gather. When the snow has gone They will already have become too old-- Though still the wind blows cold thro’ sha...

In this _Nō_ there is much greater expression of tender, human sentiment than is common in the pieces. It contains also several charming descriptions of Nature, sometimes with a...

So much we can understand, but the “pillow” and “pivot” words are without parallel in our own language. By means of them the subject may be diverted to some idea which appears,...

The _utai_ does not appeal to the uneducated, and for that reason its devotees have practically been confined to the gentle and aristocratic classes. In the days before the educ...

Quoting again from my paper: “Before the play begins the chorus comes in, robed in blue or blue-grey, and enters into the colour scheme. The men squat on their heels with their...