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SaneSavantElla
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This was one of my most anticipated premieres, and IMO is truly one of the most captivating shows of the season. If it's aim was to get more people interested in Noh, they definitely succeeded with me. Thank you for the references, I hope I can find some of these books in my library.
I've seen the film Inu-oh by Science Saru, and it seems to posit that Inu-oh's art, at least before he earned the favor of the shogun at the time, was 'avant garde' and that by following tradition, i.e. only dancing to the approved stories, he faded into obscurity. On the other hand, even though he would eventually also lose the shogunate's favor, Zeami's (called Fujiwaka at the time) career mostly flourished. It almost seems to paint Zeami in... not so much a negative light, but that his success in codifying Noh traditions was partly due to his style being favored by the ruling class over the kind that clicked with the masses, i.e. Inu-oh's irreverent sarugaku. Clearly, Yuasa took a lot of creative liberties in making the film, but I wonder if there's some shred of truth in that? It caught my attention when checking the cast list that Inu-oh will appear in World of Dancing. spoiler[I do believe he already appeared in episodes 1 and 3, but he's not yet named.], and I'm curious if that conflict will emerge or on the contrary, if he will be sort of a mentor or inspiration for Oniyasha. |
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