The Ethos of Noh - Actors and Their Art : Actors And Their Art

Tables, Figures, and Color Figures xv Introduction: Landmarks of Memory 1(1) The Excommunication of Takabayashi Ginji 1(4) Ethos, Myths, and Media 5(3) Actors in Noh's History 8(3) Masks and Memory 11(23) Noh Masks and Their Antecedents 12(1) The Features of Noh Masks 13(2) Mask as Medium of Myth 15(3) Mask Legends and Early Noh 18(7) How Writing Changed Mask Legends (and Noh) 25(1) Masks and Oral Legends 25(3) Mask Legends and Writings 28(6) Secret Manuscripts 34(48) ``Marginal Groups'' and ``Noh Troupes'' 32(8) Shomonji and Other Discriminated Groups 40(7) Writing in the Formation of Noh's Ethos 47(2) Zeami's Writing Practice 49(4) The Implications of Literacy for Noh 53(5) The Wind in the Pines Has Ended: The Kanze Troupe's Move Against Shomonji 58(4) Kanze On'ami and the Further Disparagement of Shomonji 62(4) The Shomonji After Koinu 66(2) Writing Okina and Defining Ritual 68(7) Zenchiku and Motoyoshi on Okina 75(3) Kan'ami and Developments in Okina 78(2) Okina--The Eternal Mystery 80(2) The Power of Secret Manuscripts 82(33) The Spread of Literacy Among Noh Performers 83(3) Hachijo kadensho 86(1) Sources for Hachijo kadensho 87(2) Apocryphal Authors and Possible Compilers 89(4) The Four Yamato Troupes and Their Rivals 93(4) Retelling Noh's Myths 97(5) Writings and Standardization 102(11) Konparu Yasuteru and the Last Noh Treatise 113(2) Bloodlines 115(44) The Medium of Genealogy 116(5) Noh Theater Genealogies 121(3) The Konparu and the Rediscovery of Hada no Ujiyasu 124(4) Kanze Genealogies and the Lost Leader Motomasa Juro 128(4) The Hegemony of the Konparu and Kanze Myths 132(1) Genealogy and Social Organization 133(2) Catalog of Actors of the Four Noh Troupes 135(2) Structural Changes: The Case of the Kanze 137(7) Ostracizing ``Amateurs'' and Defining ``Professionals'' 144(7) Constructing Lineages 151(1) Problematic Patriarchs 152(1) Mythical Marriages 153(2) Knowledge from Teachers 155(2) Motonobu's Family Secret: Ranbyoshi 157(2) Mass-Produced Mystery 159(31) The Rise of the Printing Industry 162(2) Impact of Print on Occupational Discourse 164(2) Authorization 166(2) The Popularization of Zeami 168(2) A Hidden Author 170(3) The Kita Troupe 173(2) Narai, the Increasingly Abstract Vocabulary of Secret Knowledge 175(6) Blood, Body, and Knowledge 181(4) Blood and Consummate Knowledge 185(5) Print and Order 190(25) The Development of Iemoto and the Ordering of Knowledge 191(2) Licensing 193(2) Su'utai and Utaibon 195(2) Noh Theater's First Iemoto--Kanze Motoakira 197(5) Iemoto and Mask Discourse 202(5) Images of Iemoto in the Histories of Su'utai 207(5) Epilogue--The Demise of the Kyoto Kanze 212(3) Rituals 215(24) Ritual/Theater 216(3) The Invention of a Ritual Theater 219(7) The Unmasking of Ritual Theater 226(2) Okina--A Ritual That Is and Is Not Noh 228(1) Acting Ritually 228(11) Conclusion: Noh's Modern Myths 239(14) Nostalgia for Masks 240(2) Burn Secret Writings and Institutions Will Still Stand 242(3) Bloodlines and the Family Head 245(2) Professionalization and the Family-Head System 247(2) What Was Lost? 249(4) Appendix: Schools and Roles 253(6) Reference Matter Notes 259(38) Works Cited 297(14) Index 311