Chapter VIII: Farce (kyogen) 253-257

SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY 258-259

APPENDICES 260-268

ILLUSTRATIONS

YOUNG WOMAN’S MASK _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
YOUNG MAN’S MASK 70
DEMON MASK 152
THE ANGEL IN _HAGOROMO_ 176
IZUTSU 216
THE DRAGON LADY IN _AMA_ 234
YŪYA READING THE LETTER 238
YAMAUBA (THE LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS) 244

THEATRE SET UP IN THE RIVER-BED AT KYŌTO IN 1464; ONAMI’S TROUPE ACTED ON IT FOR THREE DAYS “WITH IMMENSE SUCCESS.”

A The Shōgun.
B His attendants.
C His litter.
D His wife.
E Her ladies.
F Her litter.
G Auditorium.
H Stage.
I Musicians.
J _Hashigakari._
K _Gakuya_, served as actors’ dressing-room and musicians’ room.
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MODERN STAGE

A The Stage.

B The _shite’s_ Pillar.

C _Shite’s_ seat, also called “Name-saying seat.”

D _Metsuke-bashira_, Pillar on which the actor fixes his eye.

E _Sumi_, the corner.

F _Waki’s_ Pillar, also called the Prime Minister’s Pillar.

G _Waki’s_ seat.

H _Waki’s_ direction-point. (The point he faces when in his normal
position.)

I Flute-player’s Pillar.

J _Atoza_, the Behind-space.

K _Kagami-ita_, the back-wall with the pine-tree painted on it.

L The musicians. (Represented by the four small circles.)

M The stage-attendant’s place. (A stage-hand in plain clothes who
fetches and carries.)

N _Kirido_, “Hurry-door,” also called “Forgetting-door” and
“Stomach-ache-door”; used by the chorus and occasionally by actors
making a hurried exit. _Vide_ _Hōkazō_, p. 205.

O Chorus, the leader sits near P.

P The Nobles’ door (now seldom used).

Q The _Hashigakari_.

R The _kyōgen’s seat_.

S The three pine-branches.

T _Shirasu_, a gravel-path.

U _Kizahashi_, steps from stage to auditorium, formerly used by an
actor summoned to speak with the Shōgun.

V Actors’ dressing-room.

W Curtain between Q and V.

X Dressing-room window.

Y Musicians’ room.]