Comparison of Nonomiya and Aoi no Ue I. Nonomiya (The Wildwood Shrine). See also Slide Show A. Format: "dream vision" Noh. The spirit of Rokujo appears to a wandering priest at the place that she last met Genji. In the first half she takes the form of a local village woman serving the shrine; in the second half she appears in her true form in a "dream vision." 1. Authorship: Zeami's son-in-law Zenchiku 2. Patronage: highly cultured samurai B. Rokujô in Nonomiya -- Comparison to Aoi no Ue 1. Why does she appear? ►Aoi no Ue ►Nonomiya 2. What is the conflict? ►Aoi no Ue ►Nonomiya a.ambivalence b. problem of Shinto versus Buddhism p. 208 "The sacred fence of Ise does not part the Gods from the Buddhas, and the way runs straight for the teaching of the holy Law." p. 212: "Aloft, among the trees, an evening moon sheds its pallid light on two rough pillars: the torii she approaches now, and melts away into the torii, yes, she is gone." c. repetition compulsion p. 212"At the Wildwood Shrine a carriage decked with all the flowers of fall brings me round again to times gone by." 3. Is she demonic? Is she conscious of what she is doing? ►Aoi no Ue ►Nonomiya 4. Does she achieve enlightenment? ►Aoi no Ue ►Nonomiya Carriage Imagery a. Kamo festival carriage: (p. 212) "At the Wildwood Shrine a carriage decked with all the flowers of fall brings me round again to times gone by." (p. 213) "Still bitter at heart, I ride my carriage round and round. How long must I go on? Help me dispel, I pray, my wrongful clinging!" b. Mahayana Vehicle: (p. 214) "As in and out the torii she goes, one fears those Gods may righteously reject her travels on the road of birth and death. Now she steps into her carriage. May she at long last find her way forever out the Burning Mansion's gate." ” c. Why the difference? 5. Why do you think Rokujô is given so much sympathy and is allowed to tell the story from her point of view?  a. Buddhist influence? b. Allegory?