Figure 2.41 in Traditional Japanese Theater

Miming with an open fan (top) Yamamba "shoulders the heavy burden" of a woodsman. In the tachimawari dance, she performs a similar movement pattern using the staff (tsue) to suggest that she is burdened by her unenlightened state. (TJT, p. 223)

Miming with an open fan (top), Yamamba "shoulders the heavy burden" of a woodsman. In the Tachimawari dance, she performs a similar movement pattern using a staff (tsue) to suggest she is burdened by her unenlightened state.

Photo: Tanaka Masao