Hi Markus,<br><br>It's pretty close to the corresponding scene in the kabuki play Kanjincho, where instead of an Enoken-like character reacting we just have Togashi (the border guard) gradually becoming aware that Benkei is fabricating the subscription list.� As Benkei handles the scroll� the audience can see that it's blank.� The kabuki-za has a good clear video out with Danjuro 12 as Benkei in the entire play.<br>
<br>Sarah<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Nornes, Markus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amnornes@umich.edu">amnornes@umich.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;">In Kurosawa's Men Who Tread, there is a scene where Okochi Denjiro takes out a scroll, unravels it and reads it. However, Enoken is thrown for a loop when he sees that the paper is completely blank, which the camera dramatically emphasizes with a wonderful truck up and around the scroll.�<div>
<br></div><div>Is this a convention of Noh or Kabuki performance, writing not being necessary because of the formalist nature of the dramaturgy? Or is it a reference to a specific play (or plays?)?</div><div><br></div><div>
I have heard of Chinese opera films with the same phenomenon. Can anyone think of other examples?</div><div><br></div><div>Markus<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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