Iroe - Iroe

Japanese: イロエ - いろえ
Iroe - Iroe

...Among the Hayashigoto kodan, which consists of music and gestures, those that contain some ideological elements in the movements of the performers (tachiyaku and tachikata) on stage are called 'watagoto'. There are seven types of watagoto in Noh: 'kakeri', 'iroe', and 'kirigumi', which are played with the flute (nohkan), small drum, and large drum, 'maibataraki', 'uchiaibataraki', 'inori', and both types of 'tachimawari'. 'Kakeri' shows the excited state of the ghosts of samurai and mad women, and is used in plays such as 'Shunzei Tadanori', 'Ukifune', 'Sumida River', and 'Semimaru'....

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…囃子と所作からなる囃子事小段のうち,演者(立役(たちやく),立方(たちかた))が舞台上で表現する所作に,ある程度表意的な要素が含まれるものを働事という。能の働事には,笛(能管),小鼓,大鼓で奏する〈カケリ(翔)〉〈イロエ〉〈切(きり)組ミ〉と,太鼓の入る〈舞働(まいばたらき)〉〈打合働(うちあいばたらき)〉〈イノリ〉,両様の〈立回リ〉の7種がある。〈カケリ〉は武士の霊や狂女などが興奮状態を示すもので,《俊成忠度(しゆんぜいただのり)》《浮舟》《隅田川》《蟬丸(せみまる)》などに用いられる。…

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