Torioi (鳥追, Bird-scaring) or Torioi-bune (鳥追舟, The Bird-scaring Boat) is a Noh play of the fourth category, probably from the 16th century,[1] and possibly by Kongō Yagorō.[2]
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Theme
editAn absentee husband and father sets in motion a chain of events whereby the steward left in charge of the family estate gradually exerts power over the mother and her son, Hanawaka.[3]
Eventually the pair are forced into the demeaning activity of bird-scaring from a boat among the ricefields.[4]
See also
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Torioi-bune.
References
edit- ^ Torio-bune-yo
- ^ A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 222
- ^ A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 222
- ^ Torio-bune-yo