WEEK 2 Discussion Question (to get full credit the discussion question must be uploaded to the Assignment drop box BEFORE your discussion section on Friday)
Using the images and material we went over in class and on the website (see below) choose a mask, wig, and costume (colors, patterns, split pants or not) that you would use for the main character in the Noh play Yamamba in the second half of the play (the nochi-jite).
Explain your costuming choices based on your interpretation of the character of Yamamba in the play. Is she young, middle-aged, or old? Is she demonic or benign? A deity? How powerful is she? Make sure you support your choices with quotations from the play.
Illustrate! Feel free to print out images, draw, or otherwise create your own version of Yamamba.
For your explanation of costuming, make sure you use quotations from the play to back up your ideas (with page numbers)!
NOTE: Do not use the translation from <the-noh.com>, use TJT or JND.
Yamamba Text:
TJT 207-225 or JND 309-328, Japanese
Yamamba Visual Resources:
The-Noh.com: photostory [But do not use the translation!]
Costuming Yamamba (Cornell JPARC site) [Best accessed via a browser other than Safari]
Masks for Yamamba (Cornell JPARC site)[Best accessed via a browser other than Safari]