contributor
27,126
edits
Changes
no edit summary
---
---
*Several historical figures are believed to have been manifestations of the Guze [[Kannon]], starting with Queen Srimala (勝鬘夫人) who heard the dharma directly from Shakamuni, the Chinese monk Nanyue Huisi 南岳慧思, King Songmyong 聖明 of Paekche, and finally Shotoku Taishi, believed the final living manifestation of Guze Kannon. - Rambelli, The Idea of India, 245.
*Ataka & Kanjincho take place in Komatsu, Ishikawa-ken
*Ataka & Kanjincho take place in Komatsu, Ishikawa-ken
*There are sixteen warrior plays (''shuramono'') in the current Noh repertoire; the majority of them draw upon the Heike Monogatari. Figures from the Heike are also the protagonists in 33 of the 50 extant kowaka-mai. (Helen McCullough trans., ''The Tale of the Heike'', Stanford University Press (1990), 9)
*There are sixteen warrior plays (''shuramono'') in the current Noh repertoire; the majority of them draw upon the Heike Monogatari. Figures from the Heike are also the protagonists in 33 of the 50 extant kowaka-mai. (Helen McCullough trans., ''The Tale of the Heike'', Stanford University Press (1990), 9)