"Ikuta River"

Japanese: 《生田川》 - いくたがわ
"Ikuta River"

…Kan'ami's "Kyotsuzuka" is a masterpiece that reconstructs an ancient tale, with the setting that Uhara no Ojo is sent to hell for the crime of causing the deaths of two men. The first half of the play highlights the famous poems Ikuta no Ono and Ikuta no Mori, and the second half vividly depicts the tortures of hell. In modern times, Mori Ogai's "Ikuta River" (1910) also uses this as its subject. [Miyata Kazumi]…

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ikuta River" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…観阿弥の《求塚》は,菟原処女が2人の男を死なせた科(とが)により地獄におちたという設定のもとに,古来の説話を再構成した傑作で,前場に歌枕の生田の小野,生田の森を点出し,後場では地獄の責め苦を克明に描く。近代では,森鷗外の《生田川》(1910)も,これを題材としている。【宮田 和美】。…

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