Enoshima

...The beautiful young boy performs various arts such as short songs, kusemai (musical dance), and katsuko (a drum), "Kagetsu", a samurai demon-slaying performance, "Tsuchigumo", a performance centered on the dance of the heavenly beings, Feather robe It refers to Noh plays such as "Senbetsu no Hakusho" (The Tale of Genji), which focuses on visual entertainment and flashy movements on stage rather than depicting human psychology or conflict, and in a broader sense also includes waki-noh (plays in which divine spirits bestow blessings). Among them, Kanze Nobumitsu's "Tamanoi", "Ryōko", and "Atago Kuya", Konparu Zenpō's "Arashiyama" and "Ikaku Sennin", and Kanze Chōtoshi's "Enoshima" and "Rinzō" feature gorgeously costumed gods, Buddhas, heavenly immortals, and dragon gods who move around the stage one after another, making use of large-scale props, and the interludes (intervals) are lively and ingenious, such as the "Kaizukushi" in "Tamanoi", the "Sarugaku" in "Arashiyama", and the "Dragon Boy" in "Enoshima" (however, these interludes are only performed on special occasions today), and the whole is unified as a spectacle pageant show. In Japan, spectacles and shows have traditionally been called "fūryū", so this type of Noh was named fūryū Noh.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…美少年が小歌，曲舞（くせまい），羯鼓（かつこ）などの芸能を尽くす《花月》，武士の鬼退治をみせる《土蜘蛛》，天人の舞が中心の《羽衣》など，人間の心理や葛藤を描くよりも見た目のおもしろさや舞台上のはなやかな動きを中心とした能を指し，広い意味では脇能(神霊が祝福を与える内容)も含まれる。なかでも観世信光作《玉井（たまのい）》《竜虎（りようこ）》《愛宕空也（あたごくうや）》，金春禅鳳（こんぱるぜんぽう）作《嵐山》《一角仙人》，観世長俊作《江野島（えのしま）》《輪蔵（りんぞう）》などは，華麗な扮装の神仏，天仙，竜神などが次々と登場して舞台を動き回り，大がかりな仕掛けの作り物を活用し，アイ(間)も《玉井》の〈貝尽し〉，《嵐山》の〈猿聟〉，《江野島》の〈道者〉のように，にぎやかにくふうを凝らす(ただし，今日これらのアイは特別な場合しか上演しない)など，全体がスペクタクル･ページェント･ショーとして統一されている。日本では，スペクタクルやショーに類するものを古来〈風流〉と称したので，この種の能を風流能と名づけた。…

※「《江野島》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報