Atsumori

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Scene from the play

Atsumori ( Japanese 敦 盛 ), the first name of a historical figure from the end of the Heian period , forms the title of a Nō drama by Seami . The piece is a second game in the Nō category.

Preliminary remark

Taira no Atsumori ( 平 敦 盛 ; 1169–1184) fell young in the battle of Ichi-no-Tani .

The following people occur:

  • Waki: Priest Rensei
  • Shite I: Young reaper
  • Tsure: Three reapers
  • Shite II: The spirit as Taira no Atsumori

action

  1. act
    1. Foreplay. Rensei appears with an orchestral sound with two accompanists: Singing "The world is like a false dream." Name, route and arrival.
    2. With an orchestral choir, the young reaper appears in an unrecognizable form. Then three reapers enter. "The way that leads home from Suma Bay is short ..."
    3. Question and answer between Rensei and the reapers. Exchange speech. The three reapers step down. Question and answer between Rensei and the young reaper who stayed behind. He asks to pray for him. Rensei: "I would like to pray the ten prayers for you when you tell me who you are." The young reaper: "I have old ties to the noble Atsumori". The priest is delighted and begins the prayer, which the choir picks up. - interlude.
  2. act
    1. Waiting singing. Atsumori appears. Exchange speech, transitioning to dance.
    2. Atsumori: “Above all the warship, the Taira pulled out to sea. Before you knew it, the boats were swimming far in the sea. Driving the steed into the waves, I saw Kumagai rushing out from behind me. ”Atsumori turns the steed, a fight ensues that ends with Atsumori's death. Suddenly the actor (Atsumori) rises and falls on Rensei-Kumagai with drawn sword and shouts "You are the enemy!". Chorus: “But the other, mildly, calls out Buddha's name, bringing about redemption for the dead. They will be reborn together, on a lotus throne. "

Remarks

  1. ↑ timber section of Tsukioka Kogyo ( 月岡耕漁 ; 1869-1924).

literature

  • Peter Weber-Schäfer: The Flute of Atsumori . In: Twenty-four Nō games. Insel Verlag, 1961. ISBN 3-458-15298-X . Pp. 61 to 74.
  • Hermann Bohner: Shunzei Tadanori In: Nō. The individual Nō. German Society for Natural History and Ethnology of East Asia, Tōkyō 1956. Commission publisher Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden. Pp. 90 to 94.