Semimaru
Semimaru（1925）Explanations of Nō plays: a vade mecum for spectators of Nō plays, Nōgakukai, Tokyo [EN]
- 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.
- 18But the lyrical ones include the romanitc plays, such as “Matsukaze,” “Yuya,” “Izutsu,” the plays depciting mother-love, like “Sumidagawa,” Sakuragawa,” “Miidera,” “Kashiwazaki,” and also such pieces as “Semimaru,” and “Kagekiyo.”
- 32Besides, there are special masks for use in one play only, such as in ” Semimaru,” ” Atsumori,” ” Kagekiyo’ “Yamauba,” “Komachi,” etc.
- 109[SEMIMARU]
- 57Semimaru (The Blind Prince and Her Sister)