［ 宝 生 流・金 剛 流 現 行 謡 本 に よ る ］-1-

あ や の つ づ み

宝生流・金剛流

綾 鼓

ページ以降に掲載。

11＊流儀による違いが顕著なため、宝生流・金剛流、喜多流の三流の謡本を元に、二通りの翻訳を掲載します。

は流儀によって異なるところを示す。

臣下が登場し庭掃きの老人について語る＊以下は宝生流・金剛流現行謡本による。喜多流現行謡本による翻訳は＊

一

庭掃きの老人が、池の近くで一目見た女御に恋をする。女御は鼓を用意し、その音が聞こえ

れば老人の前に姿を見せる旨を臣下に伝える。臣下はそのことを告げるため、従者に老人を

私は筑前の国、天智天皇の行在所である木の丸の皇居に仕えている臣下です。ここには桂の池という有名な池があって、いつもは管弦などの遊びが催されています。

Imperial Official
I am an official serving at Kinomaru Palace in Chikuzen Province,a temporary palace of Emperor Tenji. There is a famous pond
called Katsura Pond in the grounds of this palace. Gatherings
with musical performances are usually held by the pond. One day,an old man who sweeps this garden turned to take a glance at aconsort. Since then, he has been driven to distraction by his love
for the consort. Since a difference in status cannot prevent people
from falling love, the consort, who heard about his feelings forher, / An old man who sweeps this garden has fallen in love witha consort who he glanced at when she visited Katsura Pond. The
consort said that the old man should beat a hand drum hanging
from a branch of a katsura tree by the pond and that if she hear
the sound of the drum from within the imperial palace, she would
appear before him. I am going to call upon the old man andconvey her message to him. Hello, is anyone available?

ここに庭掃きの老人がいて、とある女御の姿を見ると恋のために心が乱れてしまい

An old man who sweeps the palace garden took a glance at a consort by apond and fell in love with her. The consort prepares a hand drum and tells animperial official that she will appear in front of the old man if she hears thesound of the hand drum. The imperial official orders his servant to call on theold man who sweeps the garden and deliver the consort’s message to him.

ました。女御はそのことをお聞きになり、恋愛の情は上下の区別が無いので／ここ

1. Imperial Official Appears and Talks about the Old Man who Sweeps the Gardenには庭掃きの老人がいるのですが、桂の池での行幸の折に、女御の姿を見て恋い慕represent variations in phrasing according to different schools.

うようになりました。女御は池のほとりの桂の木の枝に鼓をかけて、老人に打たせ、

the Hōsho School and the Kongō School.

その鼓の音が皇居に聞こえれば、姿を見せようということです。老人を呼んで、そstory therefore introduces two styles of dialogue, referring to the current Utaibon used inのことを伝えようと思います。誰かいるか。

*Dialogues in this piece are quite unique and differ from school to school. The following

呼び出すように言いつける。

Story

This part from Utaibon in Hōsho School and Kongō School*Sections highlighted

臣下

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Hōsho School, Kongō School

臣下

従者

いつもの老人に急いで来るように伝えなさい。

こちらにおります。

かしこまりました。おい、庭掃きの老人、呼んでおられるから早く行きなさい。

Well, then, I’ll show you the hand drum, come this way. This is thehand drum. Hurry, start beating it now.

従者

Official

臣下と老人の会話

Old Man Yes, sir, I certainly will do so. I will beat the hand drum.

二

Hello, old man. With great trepidation do I inform you that Her
Highness has heard about your love for her and requested thata hand drum be suspended from a branch of a katsura tree by
Katsura Pond. Beat the drum, old man. If she in the palace hears
you beating the hand drum, she will appear in front of you once
again. Hurry and beat the hand drum.

臣下が桂の木の枝に掛けた鼓のもとへ老人を連れていき、女御の言葉を伝える。老人は夕暮

Official

れの鐘の音に添えて、毎日休まず鼓を打つ。

The imperial official takes the old man to the hand drum hanging from abranch of the katsura tree and tells him the message from the consort. The
old man earnestly keeps beating the hand drum every day to the evening
tolling of the bell.

おい老人、お前の恋のことを畏れ多くも耳になさって、桂の池の桂の木の枝に鼓を2. Conversation between the Official and the Old Man

臣下

Certainly. Hey, old gardener, the official is calling for you. Go tosee him immediately.

掛け置かれた。その鼓を打ちなさい。鼓の音が皇居に聞こえれば、女御は今一度、Servant

姿を見せようとのことだ。急いで鼓を打ちなさい。

Tell the old man to come see me immediately.

畏まって承りました。それでは鼓を打とうと思います。

Official

老人

At your command, sir.

なさい。

Servant

それではその鼓を見せよう、こちらへ来なさい。この鼓のことである。急いで打ち

Story

臣下

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Hōsho School, Kongō School

宝生流・金剛流-2-

老人
宝生流・金剛流-3-

月にあるという宮殿には名高い桂の木が生えていると聞いたことがあったが、このIt cannot be that the hand drum makes no sound.

池にあるのも桂の木。枝にかかっている鼓の音を出せば、それこそ恋の慰みになる

Recitersであろう。夕暮れの鐘の音に添えて、日々鼓を打とう。

Old Man I have devoted myself completely to beating the hand drum every
day, so I do not even notice the passing of time.

明日の夕暮れこそ会えるようにと、時間を知らせる鼓を打とう。

In addition to this, now I am worrying over love, but only in vain.

地

Reciters

鳴らない鼓を打ち続ける老人

Old Man I am an old man who has already spent many hours pensively, likea crane nesting at night.

三

The old man who fell in love with the consort diligently beats the hand drum
while lamenting that he feels such strong affection for a woman, despite
his advanced age. However, the head of the hand drum is made of twill andtherefore, it does not make a sound.

女御のことを恋い慕っている老人は、老いた身でありながら強い恋心を抱いている自身の境

3. Old Man Keeps Beating the Mute Hand Drum涯を嘆きながらも懸命に鼓を打つ。しかし鼓の皮は綾で出来ており、音が鳴ることはない。

恋の悩みまで添えられることはむなしいことだ。

Group Reciters
Hoping to finally see her tomorrow evening, I will beat the hand
drum to strike the hour.

ただでさえ、夜に巣にこもっている鶴のように、物思いにふけることの多い老いた

地

時が移って行くのも知らないでこうして日々打っているのに

Old Man I heard a story about a famous katsura tree growing in the palaceof the moon. The tree growing by this pond is also a katsura.
When I beat the hand drum hanging from the tree and it produces a sound, it will soothe my feelings of love for her. I will beatthe drum every day to the tolling of the evening bell.

老人

老人

鼓が鳴らないはずはあるまい。

Story

身であるのに地

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Hōsho School, Kongō School

老人

宝生流・金剛流-4-

あの世が近くなってきたことに気付きもしないで、老いながらも恋い慕う想いが募っていく悲しい秋。

露にも涙にも濡れていて、わが心ゆえの花色の恋の涙が、草色の袂に色を添えて、忘れようと思う方が地

老人

忘 れ な い で い る 恋 心 よ り つ ら い の だ ※１。 さ て こ の 世 の 中 は「 人 間 万 事 塞 翁 が 馬 」

思い忍ぶこともできずに、恋に心が乱れてしまっている。

地であるのだろうか。時は早く流れ、年月が過ぎ去ってはまたやってくるけれども、最 後 に 行 き つ く 死 の 道、 命 の 終 わ り に つ い て は 誰 に 尋 ね れ ば い い の だ ろ う か ※２。

人生ははかないものと知っているのならば、どうしてこれほどまでに恋心に迷ってその迷いから目を覚まさせようとでもしているのであろうか、明け方のいるのだろうか。

老人

a time keeper beats a hand drum many times to wake people up.
If this hand drum can make a sound like the time keeper’s drum, I
might be able to see the consort for whom I am yearning. Without
knowing that the drumhead is made of twill, the old man hits thehand drum with all of the strength in his arm. Even though I beatit, I cannot hear its sound perhaps because I am going deaf withage. I listen carefully but cannot hear the hand drum making asound, even though I can hear the waves rippling in the pond andthe rain beating against a window. Only this hand drum does notmake a sound. What a strange hand drum. Why does it make nosound?

焦がれている女御の姿が見えるかもしれないと思い、綾でできた鼓とは知らずに、

Reciters

老いた身ながら手に力を入れて鼓を打つ。打っても音が聞こえないのは、老いて耳Old Man Perhaps, this is a call meant to wake me from this delusion. At
dawn,

が遠くなってしまったからかもしれないと、耳を澄まして聞くけれども、池の波のis even harsher than the unforgettable feeling of loving her*1. Is it
true, in this world, that “inscrutable are the ways of heaven?” Timeflies by so quickly, while the years that have passed come back to
me in a flurry. Who shall I ask for directions on the path leading todeath, the end of life that I will ultimately reach*2? We know that
our lives are fleeting and fragile. Why, then, am I so very lost inlove?

音や窓を打つ雨の音は聞こえても、音がしないのはこの鼓だけである。おかしな鼓

Soaked in dew and tears, my heart’s tears of love are the color ofcherry blossoms, leaving their hues on my grass-green sleeves. I
cannot bear this love that deranges my mind.

Old Man Trying to forget her...
Reciters

眠りをさます、時守が打つ鼓が多く鳴る。時守の鼓のようにこの鼓も鳴れば、待ち

Story

Old Man Without noticing that the time to go to the other world is approaching, the love of this aged man only intensifies in the sadseason of autumn.
Reciters

地

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だ、どうして音が出ないのであろうか。

さねうじ※１『続拾遺和歌集』にある藤原実氏の歌「面影を忘れんと思ふ心こそ別れしよりも悲しかりけれ（面影を忘れようと思う

心の方が、別れるよりも悲しいことだ）」をもとにしている。

※２『狭衣物語』にある歌「たづぬべき草の原さへ霜枯れて誰に問はまし道芝の露（墓所を訪ねようと思っているのに、目印の草も霜で枯れている。誰に問えばいいのだろうか、この路傍の草に露が置かれている場所で）」をもとにしている。

I thought I started beating the drum only today or the day before,
but the time flies without my noticing it.

恋が成就しないことを嘆き、老人は池に身を投げる

Reciters

四Old Man No matter how long you wait for the moon, it will never appear ona rainy night. Similarly, this hand drum will never make a soundand clear away the darkness in my heart.

老人は女御と会うために日々鼓を打つが、鼓の音は鳴らず、女御への思いが成就しないつら

I thought that I could forget my love for her if I beat the hand
drum. However, the twill hand drum makes no sound. Although
she has not yet appeared before me, perhaps she is waiting for theright time to come and see me?

さに池へと身を投げる。

The old man keeps beating the hand drum every day, hoping to see theconsort, but the hand drum never makes a sound. Distressed by the thoughtthat his love for the consort will never be fulfilled, he jumps into the pond anddrowns himself.

鼓を打てば思いも忘れられるであろうと思うが、綾の鼓の音も出ず、私も前に姿を4. The Old Man Throws Himself into the Pond, Lamenting His Unfulfilled Love

現さずにいるが、あの人は私のことを待っているだろうか。

should I ask for directions in this place where the roadside grasses are wet with dew?”

雨夜に月を待ちかねていても出てはこないように、心の闇を晴らすようなこの鼓の

my way to visit a grave, the grasses I used as a marker have been withered by frost. Who

音も出はしない。

*2 This phrase is based on a poem in “Sagoromo Monogatari (The Tale of Sagoromo),” “On

鼓を打ち始めたのは昨日今日のことかと思っていたけれども、月日はいつの間にか

the memory of her, than I did parting ways with her.”

流れ(Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems, Continued): “I feel sadder trying to forget

地

Story

*1 This phrase is based on a poem by Fujiwara no Saneuji in Zoku-shūi Waka-shū

Reciters

老人地

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Hōsho School, Kongō School老人

見ることもできず、会えない思いに明け暮れて、私にとって夜明けや夕暮れを告げる

あてにしていた人は夢にさえ[Interlude]地

sky is unable to split apart a man and a woman who have fallen in love with each other.”

鼓も鳴らず

of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times),” “Even the thunder rumbling in the

老人／地*3 This phrase is based on a poem by an unknown author in “Kokin Waka-shū (Collection

あの人の姿も見えない。

What can this possibly mean? I heard that even thunder cannot
split apart a man and woman who have fallen in love with eachother*3. I resent myself for having formed no connection to her
and lament the mercilessness of the consort. I have no idea why
I should go on living. So thinking, the old man throws himself
into the pond and drowns. His heart full of pain, he leaps into thewater and kills himself.

地／老人Reciters

これはどういうことか。雷であっても思う仲を引き離すことはできないと聞いていReciters / Old Man
for I am unable to see her.

地

Old Man / Recitersand striking the time, makes no sound,

たが ※３、どうしてこれほどまでに縁がないものかと、わが身を恨み、女御のつれ

does not appear. Days and nights, I am sunk in the feeling of missing her. For me, the drum announcing the dawn and the sunset

なさを嘆く。これでは何のために生きているのかわからないと思い、老人は池に身Reciters

を投げて死んでしまった。つらい思いを胸に、身を投げて死んでしまった。

Old Man Even in a dream, the woman I expected...

※３『古今和歌集』にある読み人知らずの歌「天の原ふみとどろかしなる神も思ふ仲をばさくるものかは（天空で大きな音

Story

を鳴り響かせる雷も思い合う二人の仲を引き離すことはできない）」をもとにしている。

［中入］

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従者による語り

宝生流・金剛流

五

従者が出て、女御に恋をした老人が綾の鼓を打とうとしたものの、鳴らないことを悲しみ、鼓の音を聞く女御池に身を投げたことを語り、臣下にそのことを伝える。

六

Of course I have lost my mind. There is no way that a twill hand
drum could make a sound. But I was already not in my right mind
when I told the man to beat the mute hand drum.

臣下は女御に老人が亡くなったことを告げる。女御は正気でない様子で、聞こえるはずのな

Consort

い鼓の音を耳にする。

How mysterious. The consort seems to have lost her mind. How
could this have happened?

申し上げます。例の老人が鼓の鳴らないことを嘆いて、桂の池に身を投げて死んだ

Official

臣下

Can you hear it? Why do the waves lapping the shore sound likethe sound of a hand drum? How strange is the sound of a hand
drum. How strange it is.

そうです。このような者の執心はあまりに恐ろしいものでありますので、外にお出

Consortになって、ご覧ください。

Excuse me. The old man lamented that the hand drum would not
make a sound. He has killed himself by jumping into Katsura Pond.
The emotional attachment of such a man is truly frightening.
Please go outside and see for yourself.

あなた達に聞こえるか。あの波の打つ音が鼓の音に似ているのはどういうことか。

Official

女御

The imperial official reports to the consort that the old man has killed
himself. Looking deranged, the consort’s ears hear the sound of the drum
—something she cannot possibly hear.

面白い鼓の音であるよ。ああ面白い。

6. Consort Hears the Sound of a Hand Drum

不思議だ。女御の御姿が正気でないように見えるのはどういうことであろうか。

The servant enters the stage. He narrates the story of the old man falling inlove with the consort and trying to make a sound with the twill hand drum,
but ending up committing suicide by drowning himself in the pond because
he was so distressed that the drum never made a sound. The servant thenreports the incident to the imperial official.

臣下

5. Narration by the Servant

正気でないのも当然だ。綾の鼓が鳴るはずはない。鳴らない鼓を打てと言ったこと

Story

女御

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Hōsho School, Kongō School

How fierce is my resentment and how strong my hatred. The
grudge I bear her for this love will never be cleared away. I cannot
control my feelings, I know not where they go. Now I have entered
the realm of demons and therefore, I have become a demon.

宝生流・金剛流-8-

が、そもそも正気でなかった最初であったのだ。

Reciters

夕暮れの波が騒ぐ池の面にEven words such as “bitterness” and “regret” cannot adequately
express my feelings.

臣下

Ghost

さらに打ち添える

just as the waves come back to the shore, his attachments bring theold man back to this world.

女御

Reciters

音がある。

Ghost of the Old Man
This old man went to his watery grave in this pond, and臣下

The old man becomes a ghost and appears before the consort. He laments
his love for her, expresses his bitter feelings, and torments her. He forces theconsort to beat the twill hand drum, but the drum never makes a sound. Only
her screams reach people’s ears.

老人の亡霊の登場

7. The Ghost of the Old Man Appears

七

the sound (of the hand drum).

老人が亡霊となって現われ、女御への恋心を嘆き、女御を恨み責め立てる。女御に鼓を打た

Official

せるが鳴ることはなく、ただ女御の叫ぶ声だけが聞こえてくる。

there is added

池水の藻屑となった老いの身でConsort

老人の亡霊

On the surface of the pond that is disturbed by the evening waves,

強く怒り激しく憎む、この恋の恨みが晴れることはあるまい。この心は行き先も定

Official

波が立ちかえるように、執心のため老人もこの世に戻るが

Story

地

老人の亡霊「恨み」や「嘆き」といった言葉ではこの思いは言い表せず地

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まらず、今わが身は魔境に出るという鬼になったのだ。

思っていることをうかつに口には出すまいと心に決めていたが ※４、どうして薄情*6 The hand drum that is beaten when troops attack the enemy.

老人の亡霊

written in three Chinese characters meaning katsura, the moon, and a tree.)にも鳴らない鼓を打てと、心を尽くしきって死ねと思ったのか。木の間から漏れる

sink into deep reflection.” This part brings to mind a laurel tree. (In Japanese, katsura is

月の光に照らされる ※５

moonlight shining between trees, I noticed that the autumn has come, the time when we

桂にかけた綾の鼓が(Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times),” “Looking at the地*5 This phrase is based on a poem made by an unknown author in “Kokin Waka-shū

鳴るものか。さあ打ってみなさい。

half of the poem preceding “the pond of my mind” is a decorative modifier.

老人の亡霊Collection of Japanese Poems): “I am not going to say what I have in my mind.” The first

打てよ、打てよと責めて、攻め鼓 ※６を打ち、拍子をとうとうと鳴らして、打ちなさい、*4 This phrase cites a poem made by an unknown author in Gosen Waka-shū (Later

地

Beat it, beat it! Tormenting her so, he beats a war drum*6 andmarks time with the beat of his drum. Brandishing a whip, hetorments the consort. Beat the hand drum, beat it! But the drum
makes no sound and only the consort’s screams of “I’m so sad, I’m
so sad” can be heard. Has she learned her lesson? Has she learned
her lesson yet?

打ちなさいと、鞭を振りあげて責め立てる。鼓が鳴らずに「悲しい、悲しい」と叫

Reciters

ぶ女御の声だけが聞こえる。さあ懲りたか、さあこれで懲りたか。

never make a sound? You, now, try beating it!

なはしろみづGhost※４『後撰和歌集』にある読み人知らずの歌「小山田の苗代水は絶えぬとも心の池のいひは放たじ（心に思うことを言いは

did the twill hand drum, hanging from the katsura tree...

しない）」を引用している。和歌の「心の池の」の部分までは序詞。

Reciters※５『古今和歌集』にある読み人知らずの歌「木の間より漏りくる月の影見れば心づくしの秋は来にけり（木の間から漏れ

Although I was determined not to speak carelessly of what I had
in mind*4, why did you cruelly tell me to beat a hand drum thatnever made a sound? Why did you think I should wholeheartedly
beat the drum until I died? Illuminated by the moonlight filteredthrough the branches*5,てくる月の光を見ると、物思いに心を尽くす秋が来たことに気付かされることだ）」をもとにしている。月桂樹を想起

Ghostさせる部分である。

Story※６ 敵軍に攻め入る合図を打つ鼓のこと。

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恨み嘆き続ける老人の亡霊

宝生流・金剛流

八池のあたりは地獄のようになり、亡霊は恐ろしい姿となって女御を恨み責め続け、恋の淵へ

clearly that is true. I tirelessly kept on beating the hand drum
hanging from the katsura tree by the pond until my weakened heart
was exhausted, and finally I threw myself into the pond and sankto the bottom, where I met my watery grave. I soon became an evil
spirit that possessed the consort. My whip, like the waves in thepond, beat and crash against the consort. The pond is frozen over,winds blow from the east, and rain falls. This bitter cold cracks theskin, from which the blood pours forth. Here is the Crimson Lotus
Hell of bloodshed. He is a hair-rising sight, taking the form of anevil snake that dances on the waves like a carp. Truly, the demonsin Hell must look like this. Oh, I feel so bitter, I feel so bitter. With
such thoughts of bitterness for the consort, the ghost enters thepond of his love.

と入っていく。

Reciters

冥途の悪鬼、阿防羅刹の責め苦もこのようであろうか。身を責めて骨を砕く火車の因果応報があるのは

Karmic reward exists,

き、池に身を投げて、藻屑となって沈んでいった。まもなく死霊となって、女御に

Ghost

憑き祟って、鞭と波が女御を打ち叩く。池は凍り、東方では風が吹きわたり、雨がThe evil demons in Hell, the ox-headed devils that torment andtorture people, must be just like him. Even the agony of the fierycart that runs over the bodies of the damned and crushes theirbones would be preferable to this. How terrible! What a terrible
karmic effect is this!

降り、寒さのために皮膚が裂け、血が流れる紅蓮地獄となる。身の毛もよだつようで、

Reciters

波の上に鯉魚のように躍る悪蛇のような姿で現われる。本当に冥途の鬼というのは

The area surrounding the pond now looks like Hell. The ghost of the old man,
his appearance terrifying, enters the pond of his love, all the while lamenting
and bitterly reproaching the consort.

このような姿をしているのではないか。ああ恨めしい、恨めしい。恨めしい女御であると思いながら、恋の淵へと入ってしまったのであった。

8. Ghost of the Old Man Continues to Lament and Bitterly Reproach the Consort

地

老人の亡霊

明らかである。池のほとりの桂の木に掛けた鼓を休まずに打ち続け、弱って心も尽

Story

責めもこれほどではないであろう、ああ恐ろしい。なんという因果であろうか。

地

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Hōsho School, Kongō Schoolあ や の つ づ み

綾 鼓［喜多流 現行謡本による］ページより掲載。

1＊流儀による違いが顕著なため、宝生流・金剛流、喜多流の三流の謡本を元に、二通りの翻訳を掲載します。

臣下が登場し庭掃きの老人について語る＊以下は喜多流現行謡本による。宝生流・金剛流現行謡本による翻訳は

一

庭掃きの老人が、池の近くで一目見た女御に恋をする。女御は鼓を用意し、その音が聞こえ

Tell the old man to come see me immediately.

れば老人の前に現われる旨を臣下に伝える。臣下はそのことを告げるため、従者に老人を呼Official

び出すように言いつける。

At your command, sir.

私は筑前の国、天智天皇の行在所である木の丸の皇居に仕えている臣下です。ここServant

臣下

Imperial Official
I am an official serving at Kinomaru Palace in Chikuzen Province,a temporary palace of Emperor Tenji. An old man who sweeps
this garden has fallen in love with a consort who he glanced atwhen she visited Katsura Pond. The consort, who heard about his
feelings for her, said that the old man should beat a hand drum
hanging from a branch of a katsura tree by the pond and that if shehear the sound of the drum from within the imperial palace, shewould appear before him. I am going to call upon the old man andconvey her message to him. Hello, is anyone available?

には庭掃きの老人がいるのですが、桂の池での行幸の折に、女御の姿を見て恋い慕

An old man who sweeps the palace garden took a glance at a consort by apond and fell in love with her. The consort prepares a hand drum and tells animperial official that she will appear in front of the old man if she hears thesound of the hand drum. The imperial official orders his servant to call on theold man who sweeps the garden and deliver the consort’s message to him.

うようになりました。女御はそれをお聞きになり、池のほとりの桂の木の枝に鼓を1. Imperial Official Appears and Talks about the Old Man who Sweeps the Garden

かけて、老人に打たせ、その鼓の音が皇居に聞こえれば、姿を見せようということ

School.

です。老人を呼んで、そのことを伝えようと思います。誰かいるか。

story introduces one such dialogue, referring to the current Utaibon used in the Kita

こちらにおります。

*Dialogues in this piece are quite unique and differ from school to school. The following

従者This part from Utaibon in Kita School

いつもの老人に急いで来るように伝えなさい。

Story

臣下

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二

かしこまりました。おい、庭掃きの老人、呼んでおられるから早く行きなさい。

臣下と老人の会話

臣下は鼓のもとへ老人を連れていき、女御の言付けを伝える。老人は夕暮れの鐘の音に添えて、毎日休まず鼓を打つ。

おい老人、お前の恋のことを畏れ多くも耳になさって、桂の池の桂の木の枝に鼓をOld Man It is now deep in autumn. By the Katsura Pond, the moon shines on
the hand drum hanging from a branch. When the drum makes asound,

臣下

Well, then, I’ll show you the hand drum. Come this way. This is thehand drum. Hurry, start beating it now.

掛け置かれた。その鼓を打ちなさい。鼓の音が皇居に聞こえれば、女御は今一度、Official

御姿を見せようとのことだ。急いで鼓を打ちなさい。

Old Man Yes, sir, I certainly will do so. Now, I would like to go and beat thehand drum.

畏まって承りました。それでは参って鼓を打とうと思います。

Hello, old man. With great trepidation do I inform you that Her
Highness has heard about your love for her and requested thata hand drum be suspended from a branch of a katsura tree by
Katsura Pond. Beat the drum, old man. If she in the palace hears
you beating the hand drum, she will appear in front of you once
again. Hurry and beat the hand drum.

老人

Official

それではその鼓を見せよう、こちらへ来なさい。この鼓のことである。急いで打ちThe imperial official takes the old man to the hand drum and tells him themessage from the consort. The old man earnestly keeps beating the hand
drum every day to the evening tolling of the bell.

なさい。

2. Conversation between the Official and the Old Man

秋も深くなって、桂の池の辺りでは月の光が枝にかかった鼓を照らす。鼓の音が鳴

Certainly. Hey, old gardener, the official is calling for you. Go to see
him immediately.

臣下

Story

れば

Servant

老人

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それこそ恋の慰みになるであろう。夕暮れの鐘に添えて鼓の音を出そう。

あの世が近くなってきたことに気付きもしないで鳴らない鼓を打ち続ける老人

老人

老いながらも恋い慕う想いが募っていく悲しい秋。露にも涙にも濡れていて

It’s harsher*1. I have been unable to forget her, ever since I took
a glance at her. It is a shame, but my love for the consort only
increases*2. It seems that my love for the consort, who is like abeing living above the clouds, will never be fulfilled. But I will beat
the hand drum, full of hope. Because of this unreasonable love,
I have become deranged. I have lost my mind because I am unable三地

わが心ゆえの花色の恋の涙が、草色の袂に色を添えてOld Man is even harsher than the unforgettable feeling of loving her.

女御のことを恋い慕っている老人は、老いた身でありながら強い恋心を抱いている自身の境老人

思い忍ぶこともできずに、恋に心が乱れてしまっている。忘れようと思う方がI cannot bear this love that deranges my mind. Trying to forget
her...

涯を嘆きながらも懸命に鼓を打つ。しかし鼓の皮は綾で出来ており、音が鳴ることはない。

地

忘れないでいる恋心より

the love of this aged man only intensifies in the sad season of
autumn. Soaked in dew and tears,

Old Man my heart’s tears of love are the color of cherry blossoms, leaving
their hues on my grass-green sleeves.

Reciters

老人

Old Man Without noticing that the time to go to the other world is approaching,が募っていった ※２。雲の上にいるような女御への、及びそうもない恋心であるが、The old man who fell in love with the consort diligently beats the hand drum
while lamenting that he feels such strong affection for a woman, despite
his advanced age. However, the head of the hand drum is made of twill andtherefore, it does not make a sound.

願いをかけて鼓を打とうと思う。しかし道理に合わない恋のために心が乱れて、女

3. Old Man Keeps Beating the Mute Hand Drum

Reciters

つらいのだ ※１。一目見た時から忘れることができず、恥ずかしくも女御への恋心

StoryGroup Recitersthat will comfort my heart that suffers from the love. I will beat thehand drum to the tolling of the evening bell.

Reciters

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御の姿も見えずに迷っているわが身である。老いの波が打ち寄せ、手の力も弱まっていて、命も絶え絶えのわが身にどのような音が鳴らせるであろうか。

一打ち打ってみると不思議である。葉からこぼれる夕露の他に音は聞こえてこない。

I remember the eyebrows of the girl who I glanced at on that day.”

老人

Ten Thousand Leaves): “When I look at the crescent moon hanging in the distant sky,

さてまた打って聞いてみると*2 This phrase is based on a poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in Manyō-shū (Collection of地the memory of her, than I did parting ways with her.”

渚にあるさざれ石に(Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems, Continued): “I feel sadder trying to forget

老人*1 This phrase is based on a poem by Fujiwara no Saneuji in Zoku-shūi Waka-shū

遣り水がわびしく流れ、その響きだけが心を紛らわしてくれる。涙ながらに上を見

advises the old man to give up)

地

is made of twill and therefore will not make a sound, no matter how hard he beats it. Heる と、 美 し い 住 居 の 窓 か ら、 お 召 し 物 の 裾 だ け で も 見 え な い か と、 鼓 を 引 き 続 き(Ordered by the official, the servant reveals to the old man that the head of the hand drum

打つ。耳をすませて聞いても、風の音、雨の音、夜の虫の鳴く声は聞こえても、こforlornly flows the stream of water created in the garden. Only thesound of the running water eases my solitary heart. Is there any
chance that I can even catch a glimpse of the hem of her dress fromthe window of her beautiful palace? I look up at her home in tears
and keep beating the hand drum. Although I listen very carefully,
I only hear the sound of the wind, the rain, and chirping crickets
at night, but no sound from this hand drum. What a strange hand
drum. Why does it make no sound?

の鼓だけはどうして音がしないのであろうか。不思議な鼓だ、どういうわけで音がReciters

出ないのか。

Old Man Over the pebbles on the beach,（従者は臣下に命じられ、鼓が綾を張った鼓であり、いくら打っても鳴らすことができないことを老人に明かし、

I beat it once again and listen carefully.

さねうじ

Reciters

諦めるように伝える）

Old Man I beat the drum once. How strange. Except for the sounds of dewdrops falling from leaves in the evening, I cannot hear anything.

※１『続拾遺和歌集』にある藤原実氏の歌「面影を忘れむと思ふ心こそ別れしよりも悲しかりけれ（面影を忘れようと思う

to see the consort. The waves of old age have beaten me. The vigor
with which I beat the drum has decreased. I am worried about
what kind of sound I can make with this feeble body of mine.

心の方が、別れるよりも悲しいことだ）」をもとにしている。

Story※２『万葉集』にある大伴家持の歌「ふりさけて三日月見れば一目見し人の眉引き思ほゆるかも（遠くの空を見て三日月を

Aya no Tsuzumi (The Twill Hand Drum) Kita School

四眺めていると、あの日一目見たあの娘の眉引きが思い出されることだ）」をもとにしている。

老人は、女御を恨みながら池に身を投げる

鼓に綾が張られていることを従者から知らされた老人は、女御への恨みを語り、悪鬼のような形相をしながら池へと身を沈める。

なんと恨めしい綾の鼓だ。桂の枝にかかった鼓を、永遠にも思われる時間をかけて[Interlude]

打ち続けて頼りとしていたが、移り気な人に

deceived and bedeviled me. I am ashamed of my lowly self. I also
regret having spent so much time in vain, hitting the hand drum.
“I intently beat the hand drum, not even noticing that day would
break and day would end. You must know how I feel about you.”
Even before he has finished speaking this sentence, his bodyshakes, and the color of his face changes. He looks terrifying, likea demon. He approaches the shore of Katsura Pond, quickly walks
between the waves, and sinks beneath those white waves.

騙されて惑わされていたことだ。身の賤しさも気恥ずかしい。鼓を打っているうち

Recitersに時間が過ぎていったのも悔しい。
「夜明けや日が暮れるのにも気付かずに鼓を打Old Man How I resent this twill hand drum. I continued to hit the hand
drum hanging from the katsura tree for so many hours that it felt
like an eternity. I was counting on the hope that the drum would
make a sound, however, the fickle woman…

っていた、この思いを知ってくれ」と言うよりも早く、全身を震わせ、顔色は変わり、

Having been informed by the servant that twill is stretched across the head of
the hand drum, the old man vents his bitter feelings toward the consort andthrows himself into the pond, looking as fierce as a demon.

その悪鬼のような形相は凄まじい。岸辺に下るとみるみるうちに、池のさざ波の中にたちまち入っていき、白波の底へと沈んでいった。

4. The Old Man Throws Himself into the Pond While Reproaching the Consort

老人

Story

地

［中入］

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従者による語り

喜多流

五

従者が出て、女御に恋をした老人が綾の鼓を打とうとしたものの、鳴らないことを悲しみ池鼓の音が聞こえる女御に身を投げたことを臣下に語る。

六

Of course I have lost my mind. There is no way that a twill hand
drum could make a sound. But I was already not in my right mind
when I told the man to beat the mute hand drum.

臣下は女御に老人が亡くなったことを報告する。女御は正気でない様子で、聞こえるはずのConsortない鼓の音を耳にする。

How mysterious. The consort seems to have lost her mind. How
could this have happened?

申し上げます。例の老人が鼓の鳴らないことを嘆いて、桂の池に身を投げて死んだ

Official

臣下

Can you hear it? Why do the waves lapping the shore sound likethe sound of a hand drum? How strange is the sound of a hand
drum. How strange it is.

そうです。外にお出になって、ご覧ください。

Consort

あなた達に聞こえるか。あの波の打つ音が鼓の音に似ているのはどういうことか。

Excuse me. The old man lamented that the hand drum would
not make a sound. He has killed himself by jumping into Katsura
Pond. Please go outside and see for yourself.

女御Official

面白い鼓の音であるよ。ああ面白い。

The imperial official reports to the consort that the old man has killed
himself. Looking deranged, the consort’s ears hear the sound of the drum —something she cannot possibly hear.

不思議だ。女御の御姿が正気でないように見えるのはどういうことであろうか。

6. Consort Hears the Sound of a Hand Drum臣下

The servant enters the stage. He reports the incident to the imperial official
that the old man falling in love with the consort tried to make a sound withthe twill hand drum, but ended up committing suicide by drowning himself
in the pond because he was so distressed that the drum never made a sound.

が、そもそも正気でなかった最初であったのだ。

5. Narration by the Servant

正気でないのも当然だ。綾の鼓が鳴るはずはない。鳴らない鼓を打てと言ったこと

Story

女御

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Reciters

the bottom of the pond, which is like Hell. In my suffering fromwicked love,

Ghost

I screamed while bobbing up and down in the water.

Reciters

My heart bears the burden of such strong attachments. In therealm of demons, their whips beating down makes a hissing sound,

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夕暮れの波が騒ぐ池の面にJust as waves continuously lap the shore, one after another, I returnto the abyss of love,

臣下

Ghost

さらに打ち添える

The old man becomes a ghost and appears before the consort. He laments
his love for her, expresses his bitter feelings, and torments her. He forces
the consort to beat the twill hand drum, but the drum never makes a sound.
The consort desperately runs around Katsura Pond, trying to escape fromthe ghost. Under the moonlight, looking at the consort who has fallen to theground, the ghost of the old man quietly vanishes into thin air.

女御7. The Ghost of the Old Man Appears and Torments the Consort

音がある。

Ghost of the Old Man
the sound (of the hand drum).

老人の亡霊

there is added

老人の亡霊が登場し、女御を責め立てる

波が次から次へとしきりに寄せてくるように、恋の淵に立ち帰った。

Consort

七

老人の亡霊

池の底は地獄のようだ。よこしまな恋の苦しみにOn the surface of the pond that is disturbed by the evening waves,

老人が亡霊となって現われ、恋心を嘆きながら、女御を恨み責め立てる。女御に鼓を打たせ地

叫びをあげながら浮き沈みをしてOfficial

るが鳴ることはなく、女御は桂の池の周りを必死に逃げ惑う。倒れ伏して月に照らされた女

老人の亡霊

深い執心を抱いている。魔境では鞭がしきりに打たれて音が鳴り

Story

御の姿を見た老人の亡霊は、音もなく消えていく。

地

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老人の亡霊地

綾の鼓は鳴らなくても

恨 み の 鼓 は、 苦 し い 思 い を し て い る 身 の 胸 に 響 い て 轟 き わ た る。 偽 り で あ る 綾 の*3 The hand drum that is beaten when troops attack the enemy.

鼓がBeat it, beat it! Tormenting her so, he beats a war drum *3 andmarks time with the beat of his drum. Brandishing a whip, hetorments the consort. At Katsura Pond, her karmic reward returns
to the consort. She runs here trying to escape, tries to hide there,
and screams how sad and how frightened she is. Her dress is badly
disheveled and she miserably tumbles at the shore of the pond.
The moon shines on her, fallen to the ground. The ghost of theold man raises the whip used in torture by ox-head devils, orders
her to leave the twill hand drum on the ground, and curses her tosuffer until the last piece of her bone has decayed. Looking at theconsort, he silently vanishes into thin air.

鳴るものか。打ってみなさい。

Reciters

老人の亡霊

will never make a sound. Try beating it!

打 て よ、 打 て よ と 責 め て、 攻 め 鼓 ※ ３を 打 ち、 拍 子 を と う と う と 鳴 ら し て、 打 ち

Ghost

なさい、打ちなさいと、鞭を振りあげて責め立てる。因果がめぐる桂の池で女御は、

this hand drum that I resent so resonates loudly in my chest,
which is full of suffering from love. This fake hand drum with ahead made of twill...

あちらに逃げて、こちらに隠れ、ああ悲しい、ああ恐ろしいと、裳の裾も乱れに乱Reciters

れて、哀れにも岸辺に伏しなさると、月の光が女御の姿を照らし出す。老人の亡霊

and yet the twill hand drum makes no sound,は綾の鼓を打ち捨てよ、骨も朽ちよと、阿防羅刹の鞭を振り上げるが、女御を一瞥

Ghost

地

Story

すると、また音もなく消えていった。

※３ 敵軍に攻め入る合図を打つ鼓のこと。

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SynopsisHighlights

It happened in the time of Emperor Tenji (the 7th
century), at the Katsura Pond located in the grounds of atemporary palace called Kinomaru in Chikuzen Province(present-day Fukuoka Prefecture). An old man who sweeps
the floor of the palace garden happened to take a glance
at a consort and fell in love with her. An imperial official
orders his servant to deliver a message from the consort tothe old man, saying that she will appear before him if shehears the sound of a hand drum hanging from a branchof a katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) that grows
beside the pond. The old man keeps hitting the hand
drum and tries hard to make it sound, but the hand drum
never does so because its head is made of a twill fabric.
Suffering from distress, the old man leaps into the pond
and drowns himself.

The central focus of this play is an old man’s love that
results in tragedy and a grudge. Neither age nor status
stops a person from falling in love, but the tragic end of
this drama is predictable from the start when a lowly old
man falls in love with a noble beauty.

Hearing from his servant that the old man has
drowned himself, the imperial official tells the news to
the consort. As the consort starts to hear the sound of thehand drum coming from the pond, she looks as though
she is losing her mind.
Then, from the bottom of the pond emerges the ghostof the old man. He now looks like a demon and attacks
the consort. Brandishing a whip, he orders the consort
to make a sound with the twill hand drum. However, thedrum never makes a sound. Having taught the consort alesson in karmic retribution, he vanishes into the pond, tothe very end voicing his feelings of bitterness toward her.

The first half of the drama describes the old man’searnest love that by contrast, in the second half, turns
into bitter rage as he vehemently attacks the consort who
he thinks made a fool of him. For her part, however, theconsort confesses that she was already not in her rightmind at the time that she gave him the twill hand drum.
This emphasizes that no one is to blame for this tragedy.
The last scene ends without clarifying what happens to
the old man’s ghost after it once again vanishes into thepond, giving the audience the freedom to interpret thisdrama in many different ways.
“Aya no Tsuzumi” used to be performed by the Hōsho
and Kongō schools. The version performed by the Kita
School was received from the Hōsho school in 1952 andthen considerably revised by Zenmaro Toki (1885-1980),
also well-known as a poet, and Minoru Kita (1900-1986),
the fifteenth master of the Kita School. “Koi no Omoni”(the Deadweight of Love), a play similar in theme to “Ayano Tsuzumi,” is performed by the Kanze and Komparu
schools. Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) wrote a play with thesame title, “Aya no Tsuzumi,” based on this Noh drama.
In his play, an old handyman working for a law firm falls
in love with a woman who is a customer at a dress shop.
His play made dramatic adjustments to the original Noh
drama to adapt it to the modern world. The theme ofthis Noh piece is still relevant to people living in the 21st
century.

Schools
Category
AuthorSubject
SeasonScenesTsukurimono

Hōsho and Kongō schools, Kita school (revised in mid-20th century)
The Fourth Group Noh, shūnen-mono
Unknown
Unknown
Autumn (August in the lunar calendar)
Kinomaru Palace in Chikuzen Province
A katsura tree from which hangs a hand drum

Characters

Mae-shite
Nochi-shite
Tsure
Waki
Ai

Old Man Who Sweeps the Palace Garden
Ghost of the Old Man
ConsortImperial Official
Servant

Masks

Mae-shite
Nochi-shite
Tsure

Akobujō, sankōjō or tokusajōŌakujō
Ko-omote

Costumes

Mae-shite

Jō-gami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a typeof knee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita(thickly-woven kimono with small check pattern), koshi-obi(belt), and a fan. Holds a besom.
Shiro-gashira (long white wig worn by characters suchas wizened spirits), kintan-hachimaki (a headband ingold), awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke /atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by
male characters), hangire (a type of hakama trousers wornby strong characters such as demons, gods, and warriors),
koshi-obi, and a stick. Leans on a cane.
Tengan (crown for female heavenly beings and court
ladies), kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), karaori(a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female
characters) worn in tsuboori-style, kitsuke / surihaku(short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of thecostume of a female character), hakama in ōkuchi-style(scarlet), koshi-obi, and a fan.
Kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), unlined
kariginu-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama inōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan.
Naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long
hakama trousers), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved
kimono with very wide stripes, worn as the innermost
layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser
standing), a small sword, and a fan.

Nochi-shite

Tsure

Waki

Ai

Number of Scenes
Length		- 19 -

Two
About 1 hour 20 minutes綾鼓（あやのつづみ）
あらすじ
舞台は筑前の国、天智天皇の行在所の木の丸御所にある桂のみどころ
本作は、老人の恋の悲劇や怨恨が中心に描かれています。恋池です。御所の庭掃きの老人は、とある女御を見て恋慕の情を抱は年齢や身分に関係ないものですが、下賤な身の老人が、高貴きます。臣下は、池にある桂の木の枝にかけた鼓の音が聞こえたな美女に恋をするという設定において、はじめから悲劇的な結末

ら姿を見せようという女御の言葉を、従者を通して老人に伝えまが予感されます。

す。老人は懸命に鼓を打ち続けますが、綾を張ったその鼓が鳴る

前場では老人の一途な恋が描かれますが、後場では一転して、ことはありません。老人は悲嘆にくれて、池にその身を沈めます。

女御に弄ばれていたと感じた老人が恨みを強く持ち、女御を強く臣下は、従者に老人が入水したことを聞き、女御にそのことを責め立てます。一方で女御の方も、綾でできた鼓を渡した時点伝えます。池の方から鼓の音が聞こえるという女御は、正気ではで正気ではなかったと語り、この悲劇のやり場のなさが強調されない様子となります。

ます。最後の場面で再び淵へと消えていった老人の亡霊の行方

そこに、池の底から老人の亡霊が現われ、鬼のような姿で女御も語られないままで、多様な解釈が可能となっています。

を責め立てます。鞭を振って、女御に鼓を鳴らすように命じますが、もともと「綾鼓」は宝生流と金剛流にありました。喜多流の「綾鼓が鳴ることはありません。亡霊は因果の報いを思い知らせると、

鼓」は、一九五二年に宝生流から贈られたものをもとに、歌人と恨みの言葉を最後まで語りながら、池の淵へと消えていきます。

しても有名な土岐善麿と十五世宗家の喜多実によって大幅に改

流儀
分類
作者
題材
季節
場面
作り物

宝生流、金剛流、喜多流（昭和の改作）にあり
四番目物、執念物
不明
不明
秋（旧暦 8月）
筑前国 木の丸御所
鼓をかけた桂の木

登場人物

前シテ
後シテ
ツレ
ワキ
アイ

御庭掃きの老人
御庭掃きの老人の亡霊
女御
臣下
従者

面

前シテ
後シテ
ツレ

阿古父尉、三光尉または木賊尉
大悪尉
小面

装束

前シテ

尉髪、水衣、着附・小格子厚板、腰帯、扇。萩箒を持つ
白頭、金緞鉢巻、袷法被、着附・厚板、半切、腰帯、打杖。
撞木杖をつく天冠、鬘、鬘帯、唐織壺折、着附・摺箔、緋大口、腰帯、扇
風折烏帽子、単狩衣、着附・厚板、白大口、腰帯、扇
長上下、着附・段熨斗目、小刀、扇

後シテ
ツレ
ワキ
アイ

訂されたものです。
「綾鼓」の類曲には「恋重荷」があり、観世流と金春流で上演されています。また三島由紀夫は「綾鼓」をもとに「綾の鼓」という戯曲を作り、法律事務所に小間使として勤める老人が洋装店の客の女性に恋をするという設定で、現代版

場数
上演時間

二場

約 1 時間 20 分に大胆にアレンジしました。現代だからこそ訴えかけるテーマも
本作にはあると言えるでしょう。

綾鼓（あやのつづみ）
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