Kurama Tengu

Japanese: 鞍馬天狗 - くらまてんぐ

The title of a Noh piece. A kiri-noh piece (→ ono-noh). It is said to have been written by Miyamasusaku. It is performed by each school. A mountain ascetic (mae-jite) who lives in Sojo-ga-tani, deep in Kurama, appears in Kurama to enjoy cherry blossom viewing. Meanwhile, the sojo (waki) of Higashi-tani, who has been invited by the sojo of Nishi-tani as an emissary using his powers (ai), is enjoying cherry blossom viewing with a young boy and a priest, but the mountain ascetic breaks in and the group retreats, leaving only Shanao (ko-kata). The mountain ascetic takes pity on the young boy and shows him around famous flower spots, introduces himself as a great tengu, promises to teach him military tactics the next day, and flies away on a cloud (intermission). After Konoha tengu appears in the interlude, Shanao appears with a naginata on his shoulder. To the accompaniment of the O-Beshi music, a great tengu (Go-Jite, O-Beshi-ken mask, red head, large helmet cap, wide hunting robes, half-cut) appears with a feather fan in his hand, imparts the secrets of military strategy, promises to protect the warrior's fortune, and then disappears.

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Japanese:

能の曲名。切能物 (→尾能 ) 。宮増作と伝えられる。各流現行。鞍馬の奥の僧正ヶ谷に住む山伏 (前ジテ) が鞍馬の花見をしようと現れる。一方，西谷の僧正から能力 (アイ) を使いとして招きを受けた東谷の僧正 (ワキ) は，稚児や従僧を伴って花見に興じるがその席へ山伏が乱入，一行は沙那王 (子方) だけ残して退散する。山伏はこの稚児を憐れみ，花の名所を案内して，みずから大天狗であることを名のり，翌日兵法を授けることを約して，雲を踏んで飛去る (中入り) 。間狂言に木葉天狗が登場したあと，沙那王がなぎなたを肩に登場。大ベシの囃子で大天狗 (後ジテ〈大べし見面，赤頭，大兜巾，裕狩衣，半切〉) が羽うちわを手に現れ，兵法の秘伝を授け，武運の守護を約し，消え去る。小書 (こがき) に，白頭，白頭別習 (宝生) ，素働 (観世) などがある。

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