The Other World in Noh Fantasy : Its Representations of the Asura Realm and Hell(<Special Issue>Medieval Entertainment and Literature)

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  • 夢幻能に描かれた来世 : 修羅道と地獄を中心に(<特集>中世の芸能と文学)
  • 夢幻能に描かれた来世修羅道と地獄を中心に
  • ムゲンノウ ニ エガカレタ ライセ シュラドウ ト ジゴク オ チュウシン ニ

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Abstract

Noh is a form of art which can transform even the horrible like the Asura realm and hell into something acceptable by means of its fantastic and elegantly-worded representations. There hell is depicted with very few reminders of tortures and pains, and the Asura realm is turned into a secular place where human beings, instead of supernatural beings, keep on fighting. Independently of the Buddhist view of the other world, this way of representing it developed into dramaturgy peculiar to the art.

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