Ataka
Ataka（1901）Japan, Its History, Arts, and Literature (Vol. III), J. B. Millet, Boston and Tokyo [EN]
- 35[THE ATAKA Nо̄]
- 136The play is so called to distinguish it from others which deal with various episodes in his career, such as Hashi-Benkei, (Benkei-on-the-Bridge), Ataka, (Benkei-at-the-Barrier), and Shо̄son, in which, however, he appears as Waki or deuteragonist.
- 136He is also responsible for the arrangement of Ataka, which follows.
- 149[ATAKA]
- 24 -25Hachinoki, Hashibenkei, Hо̄kazо̄, Dо̄jо̄ji, Tо̄ru, Okina, Kayoigomachi, Kantan, Kagekiyo, Yoroboshi, Tsuchigumo, Nakamitsu, Utо̄, Kurozuka, Kuzu, Kumasaka, Yamauba, Yо̄rо̄, Matsukaze, Funa-Benkei, Fujito, Kokaji, Aoino-ue, Ataka, Ama, Midare, Shichiki-ochi, Shakkyо̄, Shunkwan, Shо̄zon, Mochizuki, Sesshо̄seki, Semimaru, Sumidagawa – 35 in all.
- 41The cult of Shugendo or Yamabushi is also found in the No, laying the emphasis on its miraculous prayers, “Ataka,” “Funa-Benkei,” and ” Aoi no Ue ” being fine examples.
- 46Examples of this kind are Aridо̄shi, Kan-yо̄-kyū (The Kan-yо̄ Palace), Yuya, Matsukaze, Hyakuman (The Mother Hyakuman at Saga), Sotoba-Komachi (Komachi on a Stupa), Jinen-koji, Kagekiyo, Shunkwan, Ataka and so forth.
- 50For example, in the last scene of Ataka the First Actor (Benkei) dances an Otoko Mai (a Knight Dance), but it is designed to throw Barrier Keeper Togashi off his guard in order to let his companions pass the barrier.
- 36-37Examples of this group are Hati-no-ki (The Pot-plants), Morihisa (Morihisa Saved), Kogō (Lady Kogō Found Out), Syunei (Syunei-maru Saved), Manju or Nakamitu (The Loyalty of Nakamitu), Syozon (Syozon Attacks Yositune), Ataka (Benkei at the Barrier of Ataka), Sitiki-oti (The Escape of Seven Warriors), Youti-Soga (The Soga Brothers Attacking by Night) and Daibutu Kuyō (Kagekiyo at the Ceremony of the Enshrining of the Daibutu).
- 40Following the above order, for instance, a spring programme might consist of (1) Takasago, (2) Tamura, (3) Tōboku, (4) Sumida-gawa or Ataka, (5) Huna-Benkei.
- 41Again, Ataka, being a realistic Noh, should be placed in thefourth group, but it could also be placed in the second in place of a “Battle Piece.”
- 46Examples of this kind are Aridōsi, Kan-yō-kyū (The Kan-yō Palace), Yuya, Matukaze, Hyakuman (The Mother Hyakuman at Saga), Sotoba-Komati (Komati on a Stupa), Zinen-kozi, Kagekiyo, Syunkan, Ataka and so forth.
- 50For example, in the last scene of Ataka the First Actor (Benkei) dances an Otoko Mai (Knight Dance), but it is designed to throw barrier keeper Togasi off his guard in order to let his companions pass the barrier.
- 59Ataka (Benkei at the Barrier of Ataka)