Katsura

...In the Edo period, when the five-part program (classification method based on the daily program organization standard) of gods, men, women, and mad demons was officially established, this was the Noh play placed second. The main focus was on Shuramono (horror stories), and in addition to the Katsu-Shura of "Tamura", "Yashima", and "Ebira" (the Shura stories other than these three are called Fu-Shura), there were about 16 plays, including "Michimori", "Kiyotsune", "Tomonaga", and "Atsumori" with nobles as shite, "Sanemori" and "Yorimasa" with aged warriors, and "Tomoe" with a female warrior. As the second-most plays, there were plays about crazy men such as "Kumanomonogurui", present-day plays, and obsessive and amusing plays such as "Matsumushi" and "Nishikigi"....

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸時代，神男女狂鬼の五番立て(1日の番組編成基準に基づく分類法)を正式としたときに第2番目におかれる能。修羅物を本旨とし，《田村》《八島》《箙（えびら）》の勝修羅(この3番を除く修羅物は負修羅という)のほか，公達（きんだち）がシテの《通盛》《清経》《朝長》《敦盛》，老体の武者の《実盛》《頼政》，女武者の《巴》など約16曲ある。略二番目物として，《高野物狂》などの男物狂いや，現在物，《松虫》《錦木》などの執心遊楽物をおく。…

※「勝修羅」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。

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