Fuji Taiko - Fuji Taiko

Noh piece. Fourth piece. Five-school contemporary piece. Author unknown. Inspired by the poem "Shinano no naru Asama no yama mo yureru so fu fu kahiyana karamu" from the "Gosen Wakashu," this is a murder case involving a fight over a role between gagaku musicians. Tennoji Asama, a master of taiko drums, is summoned to an event for the Kangen music at the Imperial Palace, and hates and kills Fuji of Sumiyoshi-sha, a master of taiko drums who participated voluntarily in the hope of a role. Fuji's wife (shite), frightened by an ominous dream, travels to the capital with her daughter (kokata), where she hears from a government official (waki) of her husband's violent death and grieves. Wearing the costume that was left to her by her husband, the wife dances in a frenzy, believing that the drum is her husband's enemy, and beats it together with her daughter to get revenge, before returning to her hometown. The anonymous Noh piece "Umegae" is a dreamlike piece based on the theme of the contemporary Noh play "Fuji Taiko," and depicts a woman's deep longing for her husband.

[Masuda Shozo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

能の曲目。四番目物。五流現行曲。作者不明。『後撰(ごせん)和歌集』の「信濃(しなの)なる浅間の山も燃ゆなれば富士の煙のかひやなからむ」の歌をヒントに、雅楽の音楽家の役争いの殺人事件としたものか。宮中の管絃(かんげん)の催しに召された太鼓の名人、天王寺の浅間(あさま)は、役を望んでかってに参加した太鼓の名手、住吉社の富士を憎んで殺す。不吉な夢におびえる富士の妻（シテ）は、娘（子方）を伴って上京し、官吏（ワキ）から夫の横死を聞き、嘆き悲しむ。夫の形見の衣装を身に着け、狂乱状態となって舞う妻は、太鼓こそ夫の敵と、娘ともどもそれを打って恨みを晴らし、故郷へ帰っていく。現在能である『富士太鼓』のテーマを、夢幻能とした作者不明の『梅枝(うめがえ)』があり、これは夫への沈んだ慕情が描かれている。

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