Places and Changes of Places in Kyogen Comedic Theatre Part II : Middle to Long-Distance Travels

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  • 狂言に現れる場所と移動 その2. 中・遠距離の移動
  • キョウゲン ニ アラワレル バショ ト イドウ ソノ 2 チュウ エンキョリ ノ イドウ

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The actors of the Kyôgen comedic theatre perform an empty space of the Noh theatre. They almost never use stage sets; props are also minimal. Using dialogues and the actors' movement Kyôgen has developed simple and efficient ways to indicate places. Kyôgen characters, which range from masters, their servants, husbands and wives, to priests and merchants, go around places in their daily space, or make short trips, or sometimes travel considerable distances. In Part II of the treatise, we will examine middle to long-distance travels. They cover a vaiety of locations and character types much more so than observed in Part I, illuminating further the kinds of life the medieval Japanese, mostly common people, led.

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