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The Nō Plays of Japan

By Motokiyo Seami, Arthur Waley

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TRANSLATIONS BY ARTHUR WALEY
- A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems
  - More Translations from the Chinese
- More Translations from the Chinese
THE NŌ PLAYS OF JAPAN
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
  - KEY TO PLAN I
  - KEY TO PLAN II
- 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.
  - (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
- (1) THE NŌ STAGE.
- (2) THE PERFORMERS.
  - (a) The Actors.
  - (b) The Chorus.
  - (c) The Musicians.
- (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
- ATSUMORI
- IKUTA
- TSUNEMASA
- CHAPTER II
  - KUMASAKA
  - EBOSHI-ORI
  - BENKEI ON THE BRIDGE (HASHI-BENKEI)
- KUMASAKA
- EBOSHI-ORI
- BENKEI ON THE BRIDGE (HASHI-BENKEI)
- CHAPTER III
  - KAGEKIYO
  - HACHI NO KI
    - NOTE ON KOMACHI.
  - NOTE ON KOMACHI.
  - SOTOBA KOMACHI
- KAGEKIYO
- HACHI NO KI
  - NOTE ON KOMACHI.
- 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.
  - Note on Aoi No Uye.
  - AOI NO UYE (PRINCESS HOLLYHOCK)
- Note on Ukai.
- UKAI (THE CORMORANT-FISHER)
- AYA NO TSUZUMI (THE DAMASK DRUM)
  - Note on Aoi No Uye.
- Note on Aoi No Uye.
- AOI NO UYE (PRINCESS HOLLYHOCK)
- CHAPTER V
  - Note on Kantan.
  - KANTAN
  - THE HŌKA PRIESTS (HŌKAZŌ)
    - Note on Hagoromo.
  - Note on Hagoromo.
  - HAGOROMO
- Note on Kantan.
- KANTAN
- THE HŌKA PRIESTS (HŌKAZŌ)
  - Note on Hagoromo.
- 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.
  - INTRODUCTION
  - ACT II.
- Note on Tanikō and Ikeniye.
- TANIKŌ (THE VALLEY-HURLING)
- IKENIYE (THE POOL-SACRIFICE)
- HATSUYUKI (EARLY SNOW)
- HAKU RAKUTEN
  - INTRODUCTION
  - ACT II.
- 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)
- 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)
- THE BIRD-CATCHER IN HELL[215] (ESASHI JŪŌ)
- SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  - EUROPEAN
  - JAPANESE
- EUROPEAN
- JAPANESE
- APPENDIX I
  - MODERN NŌ LETTERS FROM JAPAN
- MODERN NŌ LETTERS FROM JAPAN
- APPENDIX II
- FOOTNOTES
- Transcriber’s Note

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