Yumiyawata

Japanese: 弓八幡 - ゆみやわた

Noh play. Side Noh piece. Various schools. Made by Zeami. When a vassal who received an imperial decree from Emperor Gouda visits the Otokoyama Hachiman Shrine for the Hatsuu ritual, an old man appears carrying a bow in a brocade bag, and says that he has been waiting for the lord to offer the mulberry bow to him, and hands it over to him. He then tells the story of how the world was ruled by bows and arrows, and disappears, claiming to be the god of Kora, a subordinate shrine of Hachiman Shrine. When the vassal prepares to leave, the god of Kora appears in his original form and dances to celebrate the reign of the emperor.

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Japanese:

謡曲。脇能物。各流。世阿彌作。後宇多院の宣旨をうけた臣下が男山八幡宮初卯(はつう)の神事に参詣すると、弓を錦の袋に入れて持った老人が現われ、桑の弓を君にささげるためにあなたを待っていたと語ってそれを渡す。そして弓矢で天下を治めるいわれなどを語り、自分は八幡宮の末社高良(こうら)の神だと名乗って姿を消す。臣下が帰ろうとすると、今度は高良の神が本姿を現わし、舞を舞って御代を祝う。

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