Torioi(bune)

Torioi (鳥追, Bird-scaring) or Torioi-bune (鳥追舟, The Bird-scaring Boat) is a Noh play of the fourth category, probably from the 16th century,[1] and possibly by Kongō Yagorō.[2]

Scene from Torioi-bune by Takashima Chiharu

Theme

An absentee husband and father sets in motion a chain of events whereby the steward left in charge of the family estate gradually exerts power over the mother and her son, Hanawaka.[3]

Eventually the pair are forced into the demeaning activity of bird-scaring from a boat among the ricefields.[4]

See also
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References
  1. Torio-bune-yo
  2. A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 222
  3. A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 222
  4. Torio-bune-yo
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