Yakamochi
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- Author: Konparu Zenpô
- Japanese: 家持 (Yakamochi)
Yakamochi is a Noh play by Konparu Zenpô revolving around the Heian period waka poet Ôtomo no Yakamochi.[1]
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.
- ↑ Lim writes "Ôuchi Yakamochi," but it seems likely this is meant to refer to Ôtomo, one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjûrokkasen) not Ôuchi.
