Ebira
Ebira（1925）Explanations of Nō plays: a vade mecum for spectators of Nō plays, Nōgakukai, Tokyo [EN]
- 24Iwafune, Hagoromo, Tomoe, Chōryō, Nue, Orochi, Kamo, Kaki-tsubata, Kashiwazaki, Kanawa, Yorimasa, Youchisoga, Tadanori, Takasago, Tamura, Sotobakomachi, Tsurukame, Raiden, Ukai, Uta-ura, Nomori, Nonomiya, Kuramatengu, Kurumazo, Kwagetsu, Yashima, Kenjō, Fujitaiko, Kosode-soga, Tenko, Aioi, Ayanotsuzumi, Aridōshi, Saigyōzakura, Sagi, Sakuragawa, Kinuta, Kiyotsune, Yuya, Miwa, Midera, Shōjō, Jinenkoji, Shō-kun, Hyakuman, Momiji-gari, Morihisa, Zegai, Sumagenji, Eboshi-ori, Ebira, Ema—52 in all.
- 20Examples of the Warrior plays are : “Tomonaga,” “Sanemori,” “Yorimasa,” “Yashima,” and “Ebira.”
- 42The villager of the first scene becomes the ghost, or, as I prefer to call it, the spirit of the departed warrior, as for example, in “Sanemori,” “Ebira,” “Atsumori,” “Tadanori,” “Tsunemasa.”
- 58EBIRA (Play Title)
- 123Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1180): A national hero; the youngest son of the Shogun called in childhood Ushiwaka. He helped his brother Yoritomo in the war against the Taira and won the battle at Ichi no tani (see the play “Ebira”).
- 38A fifty-page introduction is followed by translations of six plays: Aridoshi, Ebira, Ninin Shizuka, Kashiwazaki, Tsuchigumo, Yuki; and summaries of seven others are given.
- 53Ebira (A Plum-branch in the Quiver)