Shōzon
Shōson（1911）“Translations from the “Nō””, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, n.a. [EN]
- 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.
- 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.
- 50Again, in Shozon, though a Mai is danced, not by the First Actor, but by the Boy Actor, it is not intended to be the centre of interest, but is merely inserted to give interest to the action.
- 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).
- 50Again, in Syōzon, though a Mai is danced, not by the First Actor, but by the boy actor, it is not intended to be the centre of interest, but is merely inserted to give interest to the action.
- 59Syōzon (Syōzon Attacks Yositune)