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[[File:Uto.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main figure in ''Utô'', as depicted in a 1920s print by [[Tsukioka Kogyo|Tsukioka Kôgyô]]]]
 
[[File:Uto.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main figure in ''Utô'', as depicted in a 1920s print by [[Tsukioka Kogyo|Tsukioka Kôgyô]]]]
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::''Not to be confused with [[Uto han]].''
 
*''Japanese'': 善知鳥 ''(Utou)''
 
*''Japanese'': 善知鳥 ''(Utou)''
  

Latest revision as of 03:33, 19 September 2017

The main figure in Utô, as depicted in a 1920s print by Tsukioka Kôgyô
Not to be confused with Uto han.
  • Japanese: 善知鳥 (Utou)

Utô is a Noh play about a fisherman who hunted utô birds (known as rhinoceros auklets in English), and who is now tormented by giant birds in the afterlife, as a result of the Buddhist laws against killing other beings. A significant portion of the play is taken up by the ghost's relating of his tale.

References

  • Gallery labels, "Tsukioka Kôgyo: Selected works from the series 'One Hundred Noh Plays,'" Santa Barbara Museum of Art, February 2014.