Earth spider - Earth spider

Japanese: 土蜘∥土蜘蛛 - つちぐも

Title of a Noh or Kabuki dance piece. (1) Noh Depending on the school, it is written as either "Tsuchigumo" or "Tsuchigumo". Fifth piece. Demon piece. Author unknown. The shite is a demon god, the spirit of the tsuchigumo. A maid named Kocho (Tsure) returns to the mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko) (Tsure) with medicine. Raiko is seriously ill and suffering. A suspicious monk (Maejite) appears and throws a spider web thread at Raiko, but is wounded by the tip of Raiko's sword and disappears. Hearing a noise, a lone warrior (Waki) rushes to the scene and quickly finds bloodstains. He decides to follow the trail and find the whereabouts of the monster.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

能，歌舞伎舞踊の曲名。(1)能　流派により《土蜘》とも《土蜘蛛》とも書く。五番目物。鬼物。作者不明。シテは土蜘の精魂の鬼神。源頼光（らいこう）(ツレ)の館へ侍女の胡蝶(ツレ)が薬を持って帰って来る。頼光は重病で苦しんでいるのである。そこへ怪しげな僧(前ジテ)が現れて，頼光に蜘蛛の巣糸を投げかけるが，頼光の太刀先に傷を負い姿を消す。物音を聞いて駆けつけた独武者（ひとりむしや）(ワキ)は目ざとく血痕を見つけ，その跡をたどって怪物の行方を突きとめることにする。

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