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*''Author: [[Zeami|Zeami Motokiyo]]''
*''Japanese'': 頼政 ''(Yorimasa)''
''Yorimasa'' is a second-category ("warrior") [[Noh]] play by [[Zeami]], which revolves around the story of [[Minamoto no Yorimasa]].
The play takes place at the [[Byodoin|Byôdôin]] in [[Uji]], where a priest (''waki'') traveling from [[Kyoto|the capital]] meets an old man (the ''shite'') who offers to show him around the temple. After the priest asks about the origins of an odd fan-shaped section of lawn, the old man reveals himself to be the spirit of the warrior Minamoto no Yorimasa who [[seppuku|killed himself]] there during the [[First Battle of Uji]] (in [[1180]], part of the [[Genpei War]]).
In the second act, the ghost of Yorimasa appears in full armor, and relates his story of being pressed back by the [[Taira clan]] warriors; during the battle, he explains, he laid his fan on the ground before him as he committed suicide. The ghost then disappears, asking that the priest pray for him.
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==References==
*Beng Choo Lim, "Performing Furyû Nô: The Theatre of Konparu Zenpô," ''Asian Theatre Journal'' 22:1 (2005), 37.
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Japanese'': 頼政 ''(Yorimasa)''
''Yorimasa'' is a second-category ("warrior") [[Noh]] play by [[Zeami]], which revolves around the story of [[Minamoto no Yorimasa]].
The play takes place at the [[Byodoin|Byôdôin]] in [[Uji]], where a priest (''waki'') traveling from [[Kyoto|the capital]] meets an old man (the ''shite'') who offers to show him around the temple. After the priest asks about the origins of an odd fan-shaped section of lawn, the old man reveals himself to be the spirit of the warrior Minamoto no Yorimasa who [[seppuku|killed himself]] there during the [[First Battle of Uji]] (in [[1180]], part of the [[Genpei War]]).
In the second act, the ghost of Yorimasa appears in full armor, and relates his story of being pressed back by the [[Taira clan]] warriors; during the battle, he explains, he laid his fan on the ground before him as he committed suicide. The ghost then disappears, asking that the priest pray for him.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Beng Choo Lim, "Performing Furyû Nô: The Theatre of Konparu Zenpô," ''Asian Theatre Journal'' 22:1 (2005), 37.
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]