Notes on specific plays - 'Takasago'

Takasago - Reading Notes

• "Miyako" on page 281, etc. refers to the Capital, Heian-kyo (now Kyoto)

Takasago - Misc Graphics (masks follow)

An example of the dolls refered to in Tyler's introduction to the play (p. 275)

A scene from the first part of the play. The Old Man sweeps; the Old Woman is near the right-hand edge of the frame

The God of Sumiyoshi dances during the second part of the play

Takasago - Masks (click on image for full-sized image)

Old Woman, Spirit of Takasago Pine
uses an old woman's mask called uba
old women are charcters in most sublime Noh plays
this one is also used for blind women

Old Man, Spirit of Sumiyoshi Pine
uses the most "attractive" of the older men's masks, one with
regularity, softened features, aristocratic demeanor

God of Sumiyoshi
uses the mask of a young man with doubt but of high rank and power