Kurai
Kurai(1909)“Etudes sur le drame lyrique japonais (nô)”, Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient, 9, n.a. [FR]
- 123et les spécialistes reconnaissent que ce rôle élève le rang, kurai 位 de la pièce
- xviiSuch differences will be fully apparent to the American reader, who would not be the better off for knowing the technical name of each kurai or class of Noh.
- xviiSurely the Japanese student of Shakespeare does not need to be told that the kurai of ‘Hamlet’ is different from that of ‘Measure for Measure’?”
- 34In addition to Yūgen and Yūkyō in the Nō, we find Kurai.
- 34Kurai is an emotional quality or atmosphere—a subtle feeling or motive.
- 34What makes the Kurai of each Nō?
- 34but Kurai is not any one of these.