Noh "Aoi no Ue" Genji Monogatari, Hikaru Genji's wife, Lady Rokujo, with modern translation

Noh "Aoi no Ue"
Shite (Spirit of Lady Rokujo) Oshima Teruhisa
Tsure (Teruhi: a young sorceress) Oshima Kinue
Waki (Kohijiri: a holy man from Yokawa) Esaki Kinjiro,
Wakitsure (Court official) Matsumoto Yoshiaki,
Ai Kyogen (Sadaijin family servant) Shigeyama Ippei

Flute / Takeichi Manabu, Kotsuzumi / Furuta Tomohide,
Otsuzumi / Shirasaka Yasuyuki, Taiko / Kodera Masato
Stage attendant/ Kano Ryoichi, Siotsu Keisuke
Chorus / Oshima Masanobu, Uchida Shigenobu, Kaneko Keiichiro
Sasaki Tamon, Satou You

Noh Aoinoue
Lady Aoinoue, the first wife of Hikaru Genji as well the daughter of a high-ranking government official, has mysteriously fallen prey to a malevolent spirit. In order to identify the spirit Aoinoue’s vassal (waki tsure) summons the Shamaness Teruhi (shite tsure) to perform the azusa rite with a catalpa bow whereupon the vision of a woman appears (shite). She reveals herself to be the spirit of Lady Rokujo who was humiliated by Aoinoue and harbors deep pain from their encounter wishing to abscond with the first wife to the underworld.

Teruhi quickly calls on the priest Kohijri of Yokokawa to perform exorcism rites and save Aoinoue. Lady Rokujo’s spirit, now transformed by her hatred to that of a demon, appears and the battles the priest. Thanks to the Heart Sutra prayers of the priest, Lady Rokujo’s evil spirit is quelled and she receives some spiritual release.

This noh is taken from the epic The Tale of Genji and masterfully depicts female love, hate and heartache. Please enjoy.


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