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*''Author: [[Konparu Zenpo|Konparu Zenpô]]''
*''Japanese'': 家持 ''(Yakamochi)''
''Yakamochi'' is a [[Noh]] play by [[Konparu Zenpo|Konparu Zenpô]] revolving around the [[Heian period]] ''[[waka]]'' poet [[Otomo no Yakamochi|Ôtomo no Yakamochi]].<ref>Lim writes "Ôuchi Yakamochi," but it seems likely this is meant to refer to Ôtomo, one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (''[[Sanjurokkasen|Sanjûrokkasen]]'') not Ôuchi.</ref>
In the play, Yakamochi's daughter (a ''tsure'' role) is upset that her father (the ''waki'' role) is still going to Court when her mother is deathly ill. Desperate, she summons a sorcerer, Hata no Yasukuni (the ''shite'' role), asking him to exchange her life for that of her mother. Yakamochi then returns from Court to find his wife recovering but his daughter dying. Messengers from Hell arrive to take the daughter, but ultimately spare her out of pity or sympathy.
==References==
*Beng Choo Lim, "Performing Furyû Nô: The Theatre of Konparu Zenpô," Asian Theatre Journal 22:1 (2005), 43-44.
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[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Japanese'': 家持 ''(Yakamochi)''
''Yakamochi'' is a [[Noh]] play by [[Konparu Zenpo|Konparu Zenpô]] revolving around the [[Heian period]] ''[[waka]]'' poet [[Otomo no Yakamochi|Ôtomo no Yakamochi]].<ref>Lim writes "Ôuchi Yakamochi," but it seems likely this is meant to refer to Ôtomo, one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (''[[Sanjurokkasen|Sanjûrokkasen]]'') not Ôuchi.</ref>
In the play, Yakamochi's daughter (a ''tsure'' role) is upset that her father (the ''waki'' role) is still going to Court when her mother is deathly ill. Desperate, she summons a sorcerer, Hata no Yasukuni (the ''shite'' role), asking him to exchange her life for that of her mother. Yakamochi then returns from Court to find his wife recovering but his daughter dying. Messengers from Hell arrive to take the daughter, but ultimately spare her out of pity or sympathy.
==References==
*Beng Choo Lim, "Performing Furyû Nô: The Theatre of Konparu Zenpô," Asian Theatre Journal 22:1 (2005), 43-44.
<references/>
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]