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Table of Contents
PREFACEv
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSvii
TO THE READER1
THE MAIDEN’S TOMB35
KAGEKIYO53
TAMURA70
THE SUMIDA RIVER76
ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NŌ.
PLAYS OF OLD JAPAN
THE NŌ
BY MARIE C. STOPES
EPOCHS OF CHINESE AND JAPANESEART. By Ernest F. Fenollosa. In two Vols.Crown 4to. Illustrated. 36s. net.
A HISTORY OF JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS.By W. von Seidlitz. Illustrated in Colourand Black and White. One Vol. Crown 4to. 25s. net.
JAPANESE PLAYS AND PLAYFELLOWS.By Osman Edwards. With twelve Coloured Platesby Japanese Artists. One Vol. Demy 8vo. 10s. net.
KAKEMONA: Japanese Sketches. By A.Herbage Edwards. One Vol. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
A HISTORY OF JAPANESE LITERATURE.By W. G. Aston. One Vol. Large Crown 8vo. 6s.
IN JAPAN: Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art.By Gaston Migeon, translated by FlorenceSimmonds. One Vol. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. 6s. net.
THE JAPANESE DANCE. By M. A. Hincks.One Vol. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. 2s. 6d. net.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
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AN ACTOR OF THE NŌ IN FULL COSTUME
TADANORI
This plate, taken from a Japanese coloured woodcut,illustrates well the voluminous nature of the mediæval ceremonialgarments. The figure is that of an ancient warriorof the Taira clan, to which Kagekiyo belonged (see p. 53),who was noted also for the high quality of his poetry. Hecomposed a special verse, which he fastened in an arrowthat he always carried in his quiver, and that proved to bethe means of identification when he was found by hisenemies, dead in the field of battle. In the illustrationone may particularly note the mask, with the eyebrowspainted so high on the forehead that they are above thefillet band. The feet are                         
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