Nō - Aoi no Ue

This Nō play is taken from The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. It's about Genji's wife Aoi no Ue who is prostrate due to an attack by one of his snubbed mistresses's spirit.
The priest intervened and the monster (can't remember what it was called) that materialized from the mistress's spirit, was able to achieve nirvana and the wife - Aoi no Ue, still died. :(

I am happy to be able to see this play in Romania for 7 USD a ticket. 'Cause if I had paid 100s of dollars in Japan to see it, I would have cried in the theatre. Noh is NOT for me.
I greatly admire Bunraku and I enjoy Kabuki, but if you want to torture me, make me watch a Nō play!

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• Nō
• Noh
• play
• Japan
• Japanese
• traditional
• theatre
• Aoi
• no
• Ue
• Genji
• tale
• monogatari
• Murasaki
• Shikibu
• Heian
• culture

[gbrltdr]

very interesting...I know something about from my bro...now,your video completes what I have imaged...thanks Kadhine!!!

[kadhine]

Thank you!

[K4ND4C3]

Yes, that is a good method of torture...

I LOVE how you bawl "AYE!" when you realize that due to being so engrossed in the activities, you were filming the sky.

[kadhine]

Yeah, I actually had the camera under my jacket and wasn't able to see what i was filming - I had to peep under my jacket a few times to make sure I was in the same universe :P

[kadhine]

I'm glad you like it! I managed to read 85% of Genji monogatari and I DO love many aspects of Heian culture - like the clothes!!

But I don't think Noh is my favorite :)

I'm more of a BUnraku kinda girl...

[Obakedake]

Thanks for the upload! Don't meet many Noh fans... Love it! And I'm a huge Genji fanatic so this is doubly good. Thank you!

[lindbaba]

Very interesting

[dizy82]

asta e de la noi de la bucuresti, super tare a fost spectacolul, pacat de decor doar asta a lipsit