| 释义 |
kyogen|ˈkjəʊgɛn|
Also kiogen, kiyogen, kyōgen.
[Jap.]
In the Noh theatre of Japan, a comic interlude presented between performances of Noh plays.
1871A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan I. 164 The classical severity of the Nô is relieved by the introduction between the pieces of light farces called Kiyôgen. 1899W. G. Aston Hist. Jap Lit. V. iii. 213 The Kiōgen (madwords) are to the Nō what farce is to the regular drama. They are performed on the same stage in the intervals between the more serious pieces. 1911Encycl. Brit. XV. 170 The Kyōgen needs no elaborate description; it is pure farce, never immodest or vulgar. 1951Oxf. Compan. Theatre 411/2 The language of the kyōgen or comic interludes which accompany their performance is the vernacular of the second half of the sixteenth century. 1958Spectator 3 Jan. 24/3 The typical No juxtaposition of bleak tragedy and witty comedy (which in the traditional No is split into separate but consecutively performed plays—the No play proper followed by the kyogen). 1964[see katsuramono]. 1970Daily Tel. 16 May 9/4 The two No pieces were separated by a kyogen (farce) about a melon thief, acted and danced with delightful joviality. 1973Times 5 June 8/8 Following the usual custom, the two main pieces are sandwiched round a kyogen farce; this one about two lords who unload their swords on to a passer-by who then puts them through some undignified games before making off with their weapons and their clothes. |