_Plot_and_themes
Much_of_the_strength_of_the_play_derives_from_the_variety_provided_by_the_three_main_and_distinct_sections:_lament_for_lost_beauty;_witty_religious_debate;_and_ghostly_possession. The_play_begins_with_an_encounter_between_two_priests_and_an_old_beggar-woman,_lamenting_how_she_was_“lovelier_than_the_petals_of_the_wild-rose_open-stretched_/_In_the_hour_before_its_fall._/_But_now_I_am_grown_loathsome_even_to_sluts”.__She_later_admits_that_she_is_the_famed_''waka_(poetry).html" "title="Kan'ami.html" ;"title="Noh play written by Kan'ami">Noh play written by Kan'ami, and is one of the most compelling and best-known of the type.Plot and themes
Much of the strength of the play derives from the variety provided by the three main and distinct sections: lament for lost beauty; witty religious debate; and ghostly possession. The play begins with an encounter between two priests and an old beggar-woman, lamenting how she was “lovelier than the petals of the wild-rose open-stretched / In the hour before its fall. / But now I am grown loathsome even to sluts”. She later admits that she is the famed ''waka (poetry)">waka Waka may refer to: Culture and language * Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand ** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe ** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe ** Waka taua, a Māori w ...Later influence
* Bashō in his lateSee also
* Kayoi Komachi *References
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