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今夜、初めて能を観に行った。I went to see my first Noh play tonight, Motomasa's Sumidagawa 隅田川, with a very interesting and fun talk with Mikata Shizuka, the lead performer playing the mother.

The talk, and the short English adaption that preceded the main Noh performance, really helped to add context, and provide the overall plotline, which from the Noh play itself would have been pretty hard to get (unless you're familiar with 15th century Japanese and the stylised nature of Noh).

I feel like I learned a lot about Noh tonight and had fun at the same time! And there was a scene towards the end of the play, where the boy's voice joins the chanting from within the burial mound, that gave me goosebumps

The oldest of all Noh masks, the Okina (old man) mask withrounded eyebrows & separated chin is different from other noh masks. It has a lower jaw attached to the main mask with a cord. The eyes are open slits, rather than sculpted eyeballs with bored holes for pupils. Okina is said to be a noh play, but not a noh play. It has no storyline. It is a sacred rite in which actors perform divine figures who dance for peace, prosperity, and safety.
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