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Contents Tables, Figures, and Color Figures 000 Introduction: Landmarks of Memory 1 The Excommunication of Takabayashi Ginji 1/ Ethos, Myths, and Media 5/ Actors in Noh's History 8 1 Masks and Memory 11 Noh Masks and Their Antecedents 12/ The Features of Noh Masks 13/ Mask as Medium of Myth 15/ Mask Legends and Early Noh 18/ How Writing Changed Mask Legends (and Noh) 25/ Masks and Oral Legends 25/ Mask Legends and Writings 28 2 Secret Monographs 34 "Marginal Groups" and "Noh Troupes" 32/ Shômonji and Other Discriminated Groups 40/ Writing in the Formation of Noh's Ethos 47/ Zeami's Writing Practice 49/ The Implications of Literacy for Noh 53/ The Wind in the Pines Has Ended: The Kanze Troupe's Move Against Shômonji 58/ Kanze On'ami and the Further Disparagement of Shômonji 62/ The Shômonji After Koinu 66/ Writing Okina and Defining Ritual 68/ Zenchiku and Motoyoshi on Okina 75/ Kan'ami and Developments in Okina 78/ Okina-The Eternal Mystery 80 3 The Power of Secret Manuscripts 82 The Spread of Literacy Among Noh Performers 83/ Hachijô kadensho 86/ Sources for Hachijô kadensho 87/ Apocryphal Authors and Possible Compilers 89/ The Four Yamato Troupes and Their Rivals 93/ Retelling Noh's Myths 97/ Writings and Standardization 102/ Konparu Yasuteru and the Last Noh Treatise 113 4 The Strength of Bloodlines 115 The Medium of Genealogy 116/ Noh Theater Genealogies 121/ The Konparu and the Rediscovery of Hada no Ujiyasu 124/ Kanze Genealogies and the Lost Leader Motomasa Jûrô 128/ The Hegemony of the Konparu and Kanze Myths 132/ Genealogy and Social Organization 133/ Catalog of Actors of the Four Noh Troupes 135/ Structural Changes: The Case of the Kanze 137/ Ostracizing "Amateurs" and Defining "Professionals" 144/ Constructing Lineages 151/ Problematic Patriarchs 152/ Mythical Marriages 153/ Knowledge from Teachers 155/ Motonobu's Family Secret: Ranbyôshi 157 5 Mass-Produced Mystery 159 The Rise of the Printing Industry 162/ Impact of Print on Occupational Discourse 164/ Authorization 166/ The Popularization of Zeami 168/ A Hidden Author 170/ The Kita Troupe 173/ Narai, the Increasingly Abstract Vocabulary of Secret Knowledge 175/ Blood, Body, and Knowledge 181/ Blood and Consummate Knowledge 185 6 Print and Order 190 The Development of Iemoto and the Ordering of Knowledge 191/ Licensing 193/ Su'utai and Utaibon 195/ Noh Theater's First Iemoto-Kanze Motoakira 197/ Iemoto and Mask Discourse 202/ Images of Iemoto in the Histories of Su'utai 207/ Epilogue-The Demise of the Kyoto Kanze 212 7 Rituals 215 Ritual/Theater 216/ The Invention of a Ritual Theater 219/ The Unmasking of Ritual Theater 226/ Okina-A Ritual That Is and Is Not Noh 228/ Acting Ritually 228 Conclusion: The State of Noh's Modern Myths 239 Nostalgia for Masks 240/ Burn Secret Writings and Institutions Will Still Stand 242/ Bloodlines and the Family Head 2450/ Professionalization and the Family-Head System 247/ What Was Lost? 249 Appendix Schools and Roles 253 Reference Matter Notes 259 Works Cited 284 Index 303
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