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''Seiganji'' is a [[Noh]] play attributed to [[Zeami]] and taking place at the temple of [[Seigan-ji]] in Kyoto.

''Seiganji'' is a [[Noh]] play attributed to [[Zeami]] and taking place at the temple of [[Seigan-ji]] in Kyoto.

The play features [[Izumi Shikibu]] and Ippen Shônin as the main characters, and tells a story of a miracle and of the origin of Seiganji. Izumi Shikibu's appearance in this play as the [[bodhisattva]] of song and dance is revered in Noh and other performing arts, and from the [[Edo period]] on, people coming to Seigan-ji in connection with that were many. Houses (families/lineages) of artists in particular were many, and in the [[Bunka]]-[[Bunsei]]-[[Tenpo|Tenpô periods]] (1804-1844), [[Shinozuka Bunzaburo|Shinozuka Bunzaburô]], founder of the [[Shinozuka school]] and a [[kabuki]] actor active in Kyoto, also known as Baisen, combined elements of Noh and Kabuki to form a new, superb form of ''[[kowaka|kôwaka]]'' dance. This was very popular in the Tenpô era in Kyoto & [[Osaka]], alongside [[Yamamura dance]], and among his family were devotees of Izumi Shikibu at Seigan-ji. That devotion was passed down until the Shôwa or Heisei eras (i.e. sometime between the post-war to the present]).

The play features [[Izumi Shikibu]] and Ippen Shônin as the main characters, and tells a story of a miracle and of the origin of Seiganji. Izumi Shikibu's appearance in this play as the [[bodhisattva]] of song and dance is revered in Noh and other performing arts, and from the [[Edo period]] on, people coming to Seigan-ji in connection with that were many. Houses (families/lineages) of artists in particular were many, and in the [[Bunka]]-[[Bunsei]]-[[Tenpo|Tenpô periods]] (1804-1844), [[Shinozuka Bunzaburo|Shinozuka Bunzaburô]], founder of the [[Shinozuka school]] and a [[kabuki]] actor active in Kyoto, also known as Baisen, combined elements of Noh and Kabuki to form a new, superb form of ''[[kowaka|kôwaka]]'' dance. This was very popular in the Tenpô era in Kyoto & [[Osaka]], alongside [[Yamamura dance]], and among his family were devotees of Izumi Shikibu at Seigan-ji. That devotion was passed down until the Shôwa or Heisei eras (i.e. sometime between the post-war to the present).

==Roles==

==Roles==

''Mae-shite'' (lead in the first half): a woman

*''Mae-shite'' (lead in the first half): a woman

''Nochi-shite'' (lead in the second half): Izumi Shikibu

*''Nochi-shite'' (lead in the second half): Izumi Shikibu

''Waki'' (chief supporting role): Ippen Shônin

*''Waki'' (chief supporting role): Ippen Shônin

''Waki-tsure'' (supporters to the waki): two or three monks

*''Waki-tsure'' (supporters to the waki): two or three monks

==Plot==

==Plot==