A spectacular tachimawari (stage combat) enacted on the hanamichi in the kabuki
play, Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu. (Author’s collection)
Kita Roppeita Memorial Nô Stage, Meguro, Tokyo. The photo shows all four pillars, the
jiutai veranda, the upstage area (atoza), the pine tree painted on the upstage wall
(
kagami ita), the bridgeway (hashigakari) with attendant pine trees leading to the
curtain (
agemaku), and the pebbled area with steps surrounding the acting area. (Photo
courtesy of Masuda Shôzô)
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