Pillow Maniac - Pillow Maniac

Japanese: 枕物狂 - まくらものぐるい
Pillow Maniac - Pillow Maniac

The title of a Kyogen piece. A female Kyogen. The rumor that their 100-year-old grandfather is in love seems to be true, so two grandchildren go to see what is going on. The grandfather (shite, wearing a grandfather mask) appears in a daze, holding a bamboo with a pillow tied to it and singing, "I'm going crazy for a pillow..." When they ask him if he is in love, he denies it, saying that love is something young people do, and instead, while telling a terrifying old story about the love between the monk Shonin of Shiga-dera Temple and the priest Ki Sojo of Kaki-no-moto, he unconsciously sings, "If my grandfather's love is not fulfilled, he will throw himself into any well or into the bottom of a ditch..." He can no longer hide anything, and while he is reciting the whole story of how he was captivated by the beauty of Gyobu Saburo's daughter Oto at the Jizo-ko ceremony last month, one of his grandchildren brings Oto (wearing an Oto mask). The grandfather is delighted and goes in with Oto. The difficulty lies in the fact that the grandfather's love, which exposes his ugly old age, must be portrayed in a sensual and elegant manner.

[Kobayashi, Responsible]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

狂言の曲名。女狂言。百年(ももとせ)にあまる祖父(おおじ)が恋をしているとの噂(うわさ)が真実らしいので、孫2人がようすを見に行く。枕を結び付けた笹(ささ)をかたげ、「枕ものにや狂うらん……」と謡いながら現(うつつ)ない体(てい)で出てきた祖父(シテ。祖父の面を着用)に、恋をしておられるとのことだがと尋ねると、祖父は、恋とは若者のすることだとしらを切り、かえって志賀寺の上人(しょうにん)や柿(かき)の本の紀僧正(きそうじょう)の恋の恐ろしい昔物語をしているうちに、知らず知らず「祖父もこの恋かなわずは、いかなる井戸の中、溝(みぞ)の底へも身を投げ……」と恋心を謡い上げてしまう。もはや隠し立てもできず、先月の地蔵講のおりに刑部(ぎょうぶ)三郎の娘乙(おと)の可憐(かれん)さに魅せられた一部始終を話し謡っている間に、孫の1人が乙(おと)(乙の面を着用)を連れてくる。祖父は喜び、乙と連れ立って入っていく。老醜をさらす祖父の恋を、艶冶(えんや)なムードを漂わせ、しかも上品に演じなければならないところに、むずかしさがある。

[小林 責]

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