Dance of Death - Shinobutou (English: Danse macabre)

Japanese: 死の舞踏 - しのぶとう(英語表記)Danse macabre
Dance of Death - Shinobutou (English: Danse macabre)
People of all ages and social classes dance in a circle with the dead and skeletons, allegorically expressing the idea that "death comes to all." This has been a frequent artistic theme since the late Middle Ages, but the oldest known example of a plastic representation is a mural in the tomb of the Basilica of the Innocents in Paris around 1424 (destroyed in 1699). This spread throughout Europe with the publication of a woodcut by Guyot Marchand in 1685. There are two main types: (1) one in which the living and the dead dance hand in hand, and (2) one that lacks the dance motif and replaces the dead with skeletons. The latter type is best known for its woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger, published in 1538.

Dance of Death
Dödsdansen

A two-part play by Swedish playwright A. Strindberg. Published in 1901 and first performed in 1905. Captain Edgar, an artilleryman who has no qualms about trampling on people, and his wife Alice are bored with their marriage of 25 years. When their old friend Kurt appears, a passionate love-hate drama unfolds between them. In the second part, the captain's daughter and Kurt's son are united, resulting in a happy ending.

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Japanese:
さまざまな階層の,さまざまな年齢の人々が,死者,骸骨とともに輪になって踊るもので,「死は万人を襲う」という意味を寓意的に表現したもの。中世後期以来,しばしば扱われる芸術のテーマであるが,造形的表現として知られる最も古い例は,1424年頃のパリのイノサン聖堂の墓室の壁画 (1699破壊) である。これは,85年に出版されたギュイヨ・マルシャンの木版画によって,ヨーロッパ中に広まった。 (1) 生者と死者が手を取って踊るもの。 (2) 舞踏のモチーフを欠いていて,死者が骸骨に代ったもの。以上の2つのタイプに大別される。後者を代表するものとしては,1538年に出版された,子のハンス・ホルバインの木版画が著名。

死の舞踏
しのぶとう
Dödsdansen

スウェーデンの劇作家 A.ストリンドベリの2部から成る戯曲。 1901年刊,05年初演。人を踏みつけにすることをなんとも思わない砲兵大尉エドガールと妻アリスは結婚 25年の倦怠のうちにあり,そこに現れた旧友クルトとの間に激しい愛憎のドラマを展開する。第2部では大尉の娘とクルトの息子が結ばれてハッピーエンドに終る。

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