THAR 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tsuzumi, Taiko, Noh
12 Oct 2016
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Appealed to upper class and highly educated. Working out of passions felt by the main character (who often appears as a ghost or spirit) Tsure: shadowy companion to shite or waki. Phantasmal: two parts, ends in a dramatic dance. Present existence: actions occurs in real time, very realistic. Kyogen plays: placed between no plays as comic relief. Pine tree painted on wall at back of stage. Both known for the beauty of the poetry in the text. 3 operator"s: legs, left arm, chief handler operates the right arm and head. Other operators dressed in black to give illusion they are invisible . Combines elements of noh, bunraku, and folk theatre. Most popular form of theatre during the 17th century. Sexuality of the art caused by social disturbances. Led to the reconstruction of eroticism into kabuki. Trained from childhood: vocal technique, dancing, acting, physical movement. Skilled in capturing the essence of femininity.
