Kokaji
Kokaji(1924)The “Nō” performance in honor of Mrs. E.K. Roosvelt, n.a., n.a. [EN]
- 6?Kokaji
- 6?(Synopsis) The ex-Emperor Ichi·jо̄·no·in sends a messenger to Sanjо̄·Kokaji Munechika, a noted sword-smith of Nara, to order a sword.
- 6?During the work at the anvil, the god initiates Kokaji into the deepest mysteries of swordmaking, and the latter is able to make a sacred sword called Kogitsunemaru and send it to the Court.
- 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.
- xxiiiTadanori and Tomoe are famous episodes from the Heike tales, while Oyashiro and Kokaji are of Shinto complexion, and Tamura combines Buddhism with the history of the first authentic Shogun.
- xxiiiTadanori and Tomoe are famous episodes from the Heike tales, while Oyashiro and Kokaji are of Shinto complexion, and Tamura combines Buddhism with the history of the first authentic Shogun.
- 36-37In this group are included those in which supernatural beings such as oni (demon), tengu (goblin), kitsune (fox), sisi (lion) and syozyo (wine fairy appear and perform their special dances, as in Kurozuka (The Black Mound of the Adati Plain), Momizi-gari (The Maple Viewing), Ōe-yama (The Demon of Mt. Ōe), No-mori (The Field-keeping Demon), Kurama-tengu (The Hobgoblin of Mt. Kurama), Zegai (The Hobgoblin of China), Sessyō-seki (The Killing Stone of the Nasu Plain), Kokazi (The Sword-smith and the Fox-God), Yamanba (The Mountain Demoness), Nue (The Monkey Headed Monster), Tuti-gumo (The Cave Monster), Huna-Benkei (Benkei in the Boat), Kumasaka (Kumasaka the Chief Robber) and Syōkun (Wan Chao-chun Sacrificed).
- 60Kokazi (The Sword-smith and the Fox-God)
- 87The last of the Nô was The Little Smith, the scene of which is laid in the reign of the Emperor Ichijô (A.D. 987—1011).