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KuraiPeri, Nöel（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

Waley, Arthur（1921）The Nō Plays of Japan, Tuttle (Allen & Unwin 1976), Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; Singapore [EN]

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’?”

Lane Suzuki, Beatrice（1932）Nōgaku: Japanese Nō Plays, Murray, London [EN]

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.