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臣下、山科荘司を呼び出す

恋重荷

一

白川院の臣下が、菊の世話をする山科荘司が、女御に恋をしたと聞きつけ、荘司を呼び出す。

そもそもこの私は、白河院にお仕えする臣下である。

-1-

白川院の臣下Tell Yamashina no Shōji to visit my office.

さて、我が君は、菊を大層ご愛好され、毎年数多くの菊を植え、お育てになっていRetainer

ます。また、こちらには山科の荘司という賎しい身分の者がおります。いつも菊のAt your command, my master.

下葉を取らせていますので、申し付けようと思っています。また聞いた話ではありServant

ますが、この者は、どういう折だったのか、忝くも女御のお姿を拝見し、恋をした

Hello, is anyone around?

ということです。この者を召し出して、尋ねてみようと思います。

His Retired Majesty loves chrysanthemums. He plants and grows
many chrysanthemums every year. In this mansion, there is alowly retainer, whose name is Yamashina no Shōji. I ordered him
to pick up the bottom leaves of the Shirakawa-in’s chrysanthemums, so I will tell him to do it again. Well, I also heard a rumor
that this man, on one occasion, had a chance to take a glance at aconsort of Shirakawa-in and he fell in love with the consort. I shallcall him and ask about it too.

おい、誰かいるか。

Retainer of Shirakawa-in
Man before you is attending on Shirakawa-in.

御前におります。

A retainer of Shirakawa-in (Retired Emperor Shirakawa) heard that agardener, Yamashina no Shōji, who takes care of the chrysanthemums for
Shirakawa-in, fell in love with a consort of Shirakawa-in. He calls out for
Shōji.

山科の荘司にここへ来るように伝えなさい。

1. Retainer Calls Out Yamashina no Shōji

下人

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白川院の臣下Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)下人

かしこまりました。

もし、山科の荘司は、おりますか。

どなたがいらしたのでしょうか。

-2-

山科荘司

I see. It’s reasonable. By the way, I overheard that you are falling inlove with someone. Is this true?

急いでおいでなさいと言われています。

Retainer

下人

Yes, I have been quite ill recently and had to neglect my duty.

かしこまりました。

Shōji

山科荘司

Well, Shōji, I haven’t seen you sweeping the garden lately. Is
anything wrong with you?

臣下、恋する荘司に重荷を見せる

Retainer

二

The retainer of Shirakawa-in confronts Shōji about his love. He then delivers
the message from the consort whom Shōji loves, that reads: “If Shōji can carrya designated package and walk around the garden hundreds of times, she willappear before him.” The retainer shows the package to Shōji.

白川院の臣下は、荘司の恋を問い詰め、恋の相手である女御からの「重荷を持って百度、千2. Retainer Shows the Package to Shōji, who is in Love

度庭を廻れば姿を見せよう」という言葉を伝え、重荷を見せる。

I certainly will.

さて荘司よ、最近はお庭を清めていないが、どうしたのか。

Shōji

白川院の臣下My master calls you to hurry to his office.

はい、このところ甚だしく患っており、怠ることとなっておりました。

Servant

山科荘司

Yamashina no Shōji
Yes, he is. May I ask who came to my door?

なるほど、それはもっともなこと。さてお前は、恋をしているというが、それは本

Yes, master.
Hello, is Mr. Yamashina no Shōji here?

当か。

Servant

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白川院の臣下Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)山科荘司

早くも様子に思いが表れているというではないか。

そのようなことを、どうしてお知りになったのですか。

-3-

白川院の臣下Yes indeed, this is a beautiful package. Although it is an
impossible task, if she says so, I should follow her directions. In
addition,I have been doing menial labor for many years. My life isa life of physical labor. Even only the name...

先般、このことを、かたじけなくも女御様がお聞きになり、この荷を持ってお庭をShōji

百度、千度廻るならば、その間に姿をお見せしましょうとおっしゃっている。なんThis package is indeed “the burden of love.” What a beautiful
package it is! Don’t you think so?

とも有難いお言葉ではないか。

Come this way.

何と、この私のことをお耳にされ、その荷を持ってお庭を百度、千度廻りなさいとRetainer

山科荘司

Then, may I see the package?

いわれるのですか。百度、千度とはまた……。百度も、千度も持って廻れば、そのShōji

間にお姿をお見せになるといわれるのですか。

Yes. You must deeply appreciate her offer. She gives you such an
unusual opportunity.

そうだ、よく噛みしめなさい。まったく有難いことではないか。

Retainer

白川院の臣下What!? Did Her Grace hear about me and tell me to walk aroundthe garden hundreds and thousands of times with the package?
Well, what a request... she said hundreds and thousands of times...
Hmmmm.... But she said that she will appear before me if I carry
the package and walk around the garden for hundreds of times,
didn’t she?

それならば、その荷をお見せください。

Shōji

山科荘司

Recently, this rumor has reached the ears of Her Grace. She said if
you carry this package and walk around the garden hundreds andthousands of times, she will come out to the garden while you aredoing it. What a wonderful offer she makes for you!

こちらへ、おいでなさい。

I also heard that your love is already demonstrated in your attitude.

白川院の臣下Retainer

これこそ「恋の重荷」だぞ。まったく美しい荷ではないか。

How did you know such a thing?

本当に美しい荷でございます。たとえ無理なことであっても、仰せになるのであれ

Shōji

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山科荘司

Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)

地

ば、そうすべきですね。ましてや私は下働きを続けてきた身です。そういうこと（力仕事）には縁があります。名を聞くだけでも重そうな荷ではあっても、重そうな荷であっても、逢えるまでのことだ。恋の重荷を担う人夫になろう。

荘司、重荷を持ち上げられず、絶望して死ぬ-4-

三

I cannot lift it at all.

かすかな希望を持った荘司は、重荷を持とうとするが、あまりの重さに持てない。精根尽き

Reciters

果て、絶望した荘司は、女御を恨みつつ死ぬ。

Appropriate for how it is called, the burden of love, this burden isvery heavy.

いったい誰が初めて、恋というものに踏み入ったのだろうか。

Shōji

山科荘司

Because of him, many men, like me, are now lost in love.

こうして多くの人が恋に迷うようになっているのだが。

Reciters

地

Who was the first man who decided to go in to the world of love?

その名にふさわしく、恋は重荷であり、この荷も重く、

Shōji

山科荘司

With a faint hope to see the consort, Shōji tries to lift the heavy package,but it is too heavy to lift. Exhausting all his energy, a despairing Shōji holds a
grudge against the consort and dies.

まったく持つことができない。

3. Shōji, Who Failed to Lift the Burden, Despairs and Dies地

it sounds heavy. Even though it sounds heavy, I feel it will be heavy
only until I meet her. I will become a laborer carrying the burdenof love.

この恋のうまくいき難いのは、高い山に登ることと同じだが、思いの深さは大海のReciters

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山科荘司

Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)ようで、成就するのも諦めるのも、無理に思える。まったく考えの浅い身で、塵のような浮世に生き永らえて、無意味に物思いにふけることだよ。

-5-

地This unrequited love keeps me awake on a coarse grass mattress.

思いも少し慰められようかと、思いも少し慰められようかと、露ほどのはかない言

Reciters葉を言う。夕顔の咲く黄昏は早くも過ぎた。恋の重荷を持つのかどうか。

I am angry.

重くとも、思いを捨てはしない。中国では、虎と思って射掛けたら、石に矢が立っ

Shōji

山科荘司

It is meaningless if you die. Where there is life, there is hope. Relyon your life.

たという話もあるようだ。いかにも軽々と持ってやろう。

Recitersに さ き

Whatever I say, whatever people say, I am merely a lowly man.
Even though I vainly become a slave of love and die, I will notregret it.

荷前（朝廷から先祖への捧げ物）を帝のために運ぶ者のように、女御に心の深さを

Shōji

地

Just as a man who carries offerings to the graves of great forefathers for the sake of emperors, you will carry the burden to show
the consort the great depth of your love. Even though it is heavy,
do the task faithfully, man. Do your task faithfully, man.

示すのだから、重くとも、心を尽くして持てよ、持てよ、下人。

Reciters

まあ言っても、まあ言っても、たかが知れた身だ、徒に恋の虜になり果てて、たとAlthough it is heavy, I will not abandon this heavy love. Chineselegends say that men could even pierce rocks with arrows when
they shot with the belief that the target was a tiger. I shall believe
and gently lift the burden.

山科荘司

Shōji

すがむしろ

I give totally useless words to console myself even a little, toconsole myself even a little. The evening hours when blooms ofcalabash flowers have already passed. How can I carry this heavy
burden of love?

え死んでも悔いはない。

I have been lost in meaningless thought, living in this transientworld which is as fragile as dust.

死んでしまうのは、空しいことだぞ、命あってこそ、だぞ。命を頼りにせよ、Reciters

地

To be successful in this love is as difficult as climbing a high mountain. But this love as deep as the oceans makes it difficult to fulfill
and to give up. Although my shallow self cannot think deeply,

報われない恋をして、菅莚に寝てみても、寝られるものではない。苦しい独り寝を

Shōji

腹の立つ、

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山科荘司

地

Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)山科荘司

する手枕の、その肩を入れ替えて、何度も重荷を持つが、持てない。恋は何と重荷なことか。

ああ、とため息をつく声だけが、慰めになっていたが、もはや恋の乱れを鎮める声

-6-

も出ない。

The retainer who was informed of the death of Shōji narrates the consort’s
real intention of requesting him to carry the heavy package and how Shōjidied. Then, he informs the consort about the death and leads her to thegarden to show his body. The consort, lamenting his death, finds out thatnow she cannot stand up.

えい、このまま死んでしまおう、報いがあるなら、それこそ我が執念のゆえだ、恋5. Consort Cannot Stand Up After Seeing the Corpse of Shōji地

A servant who noticed the death of Shōji narrates the reason why he passed
away. Mourning his death, the servant goes to inform the news to theretainer.

に乱れるこの心のままに（女御を）狂わせて、思い知らせてやる。

4. A Servant Notifies the Death of Shōji to Retainer［中入］[Interlude]

従者、荘司の死を臣下に伝える

Damn it! I die now. If I will be rewarded for this love, my great
obsession will bring the reward for me. With this heart disturbed
by the love, I will let the consort go crazy and teach her a lesson!

四Reciters

荘司の死を知った従者は、死の背景を語り、死者を悼んだ後、臣下に知らせにいく。

Although the sound of sighing was the only thing that consoled
and encouraged me, now I cannot say even a word to calm mymind which is disturbed by love burden.

荘司の死体を見て、女御は立てなくなる

Shōji

五

Using the same arms that I used to rest my head during thoselonely nights suffering from love, I switch sides and try manytimes. But I cannot raise the heavy burden. Alas, how heavy loveis!

荘司の死を知らされた臣下は、女御が重荷を持たせた真意や、荘司が死に至った経緯を語る。

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そして荘司の死を女御に知らせ、死体を見せに庭に導く。女御は、荘司を悼むが、立てなくKoi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)

なってしまう。

何と、荘司が死んだというのか。とんでもないことだ。まったく不憫なことだなあ。

おおよそ、恋というものは、身分の高い低いに隔てられるものではない。それはそうなのだが、あの者（荘司）の恋心を諦めさせようという一つのやり方として、重荷を作り、その上にきらびやかな装飾を施し美しく包み、いかにも軽そうに見せ、持たせるように仕向けたのだ。そうすればあの者は、これほど軽そうに見えるのに持ち上がらないのは、恋が成就しないことを示していると納得し、恋の心を諦める

だろう、女御様はそう配慮なさったのである。ところが、あの者は、考えの浅い卑賤の身の悲しさか、これを持ってお庭を廻れば、お姿をお見せくださるという希望が出たことを喜び、精力を尽くして持ち上げようとしたのだ。もともと重荷であっ-7-たため、持つことはできず、それを恨み、嘆き、こうして自ら死に至った。返す返I really feel pity for his love.

すも不憫というほかはない。この顛末を女御様に申し上げよう。

Love, O love. No one shall fall in love on the spur of the moment.
Because people can die for love.

山科荘司は重荷を持つことができず、お庭で死んでしまいました。このような賎しConsortい者の一念は、恐ろしいものでございます。差し障りがあると大変です、お庭に出Your Grace, Yamashina no Shōji could not lift the burden and hepassed away in the garden. The obsession that a lowly man likehim had is a terrible thing. Please come out to the garden and see
him once in order to prevent his obsession and curse from harming you.

られて、あの者の姿を一目ご覧ください。

恋よ恋、はずみで恋などしてはならない、恋で人が死ぬこともあるのだから。

What did you say? Shōji has passed away? Outrageous! How
pitiful! Neither class nor status can separate a man from fallinglove with a woman. It is true, we know that, but Her Grace dared
to make a strategy and tried to make him give up his love. She
made the heavy burden, wrapped it beautifully and decorated itgorgeously to make it look lighter, and let Shōji try to lift it. Her
Grace thought that when the man acknowledges that the package
which seems very light is actually too heavy to lift, he would learn
that that experience is the indication of his love, which appears
to have hope but is actually too difficult to fulfill. Her Graceconsidered that he would then give up his love for her. However,
perhaps this is the tragedy of a man of humble origins with ashallow mind – that man was delighted that he got a chance to see
Her Grace if he could successfully walk around the garden carrying
the burden. He therefore tried to lift the burden with all his energy.
But it was made to be extremely heavy, so he could not lift it. He
bore a grudge against how he was treated, lamented, and chose to
end his life. It is very very pitiful. I am going to report this story to
the consort.

臣下

Story

この者の心は、本当に可哀想だ。

Retainer

女御Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)

臣下

これは、あまりにかたじけないお言葉です。さあ、お立ちください。

-8-

いや立とうとすれば、巌に押されえられているようで、まったく立つことができま

Truly it was meaningless, I had a foolish heart.

女御

Reciters

せんよ。

Unfaithful, sweet words that my beloved gave me. It all happened
because I relied on her empty words.

ものごとに報いのあるのは、この世の慣わしだ。

Ghost of Shōji
I kept my love in my heart so that just as the sound of water running between the rocky banks of the Yoshino River would not be
made, no one would talk about my love. And I died for my love. I
have held onto my love and became an evil spirit bearing a bottomless grudge. But how meaningless it is. Unfaithful...

地

The ghost of Yamashina no Shōji appears before the crouching consort.
He blames the cruel treatment on the consort and shows his deep grudge.
However, he tells her at the end that he will forgive her if she consoles his souland becomes her guardian spirit. He then disappears.

山科荘司の亡霊が現れる

6. Ghost of Shōji Appears

六Retribution is the law of this world.

座り込む女御の前に、山科荘司の亡霊が現れる。女御のむごい仕打ちを責め、強い恨みを表す。

Reciters

いを胸に抱いて、恋に死んでしまった。こうして恋の一念を通して、はかり知れな

Although I try to stand up, I feel like a huge rock presses me down.
I cannot stand up.

い恨みを持つ鬼となったのも、無意味なことよ。誠実さのない、

Consort

甘言を弄した恋人の、虚しい言葉を頼りにしてしまったゆえのことだ。

Those are truly merciful words. Now, please stand up.

まことに無意味で、愚かな心を持っていたものだよ。

Retainer

しかし、最後は、弔うならば許し、女御の守り神になろうと言い残して去っていく。

Story

荘司の亡霊 吉野川の、岩の切り通しを水が行く。その水音も立たないほどに、秘めるように思地

Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)

荘司の亡霊 つらい独り寝も、三世かけてでも結ばれる望みがあるなら耐えられる。石の上に座

ろうとも耐えられるのだ。私はわけもなく、逢うこともかなわない人に恋をして、巌のような重荷を持たされた。この重荷が持てるものか、ああ、恨めしいぞ。

葛の葉のような……

-9-

［立廻り］

Being ablaze with love, smoke comes out of my burning love.
Like being blown by the winds of Mount Inaba, my heart is truly
disturbed. Although my heart is disturbed and I am lost in thedarkness of love, if you console my soul, my grudge will completely
vanish like frost, like snow, like mist. The time has come. Your
Grace, I will become your guardian spirit and protect your prosperity for good.

囃子に乗って、恨みに迷う心の揺れを表すように舞台上を廻る。

Burned by the fire of love, clouds of smoke come out of my body.
This lowly self is now seriously suffering from torture in Uniting
Hell (the hell which sinners who committed murder, theft, or
adultery go). (I will punish you.) That will show you. Learn it!

重荷とは恋の思いを表す。

Reciters

恋の炎に焼かれ、もうもうと煙を立てる、浅ましいこの身は、衆合地獄（殺 生・盗 み・

Heavy burden means a deep feeling of love.

邪淫の罪を犯した者が陥るという地獄）の重い苦しみを受けている。
（懲らしめて...a beautiful tasuki band. The manager of Mount Unebi, who tucks
up his sleeves with a tasuki band whose name is associated with themountain, even he cannot hold this heavy burden.

やろう）さあ、懲りたか、懲りよ。

Ghost

恋に焦がれて、思いの煙は立ち昇り、稲葉山に吹く山風に吹かれるように、乱れ乱[tachimawari]
With the music the performer walks around the stage to express the unstableemotion disturbed by his grudge.

れている。心は乱れ、恋路の闇に迷っているが、跡を弔ってくださるならば、そのLike the leaf of the kuzu plant...,恨みは、霜か雪か霰のように、ついには跡形なく消えるだろう。もはやこれまでだ、

I can bear to sleep alone if I have a hope to get together with her
after living in this world, then another world, and then even in theother world. I can undergo the suffering even though it is as hardas sitting on a rock. On the spur of the moment, I fell in love witha woman whom I cannot even see, and she forced me to carry aheavy burden like a rock. No one can lift such a heavy burden. Woe
be me!

姫様よ、これからはあなたの守り神になり、末長い栄えを守ろう。

Ghost

Story

荘司の亡霊 玉襷に縁のある、畝傍山の山守りも、こんな重荷は持てはしまい。

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Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)Koi no Omoni (The Deadweight of Love)
SynopsisHighlight

There was a gardener, Yamashina no Shōji, who
was taking care of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa’s(Shirakawa-in) beloved chrysanthemums in Shirakawain’s garden. One day, Shōji took a glance at a consort of
Shirakawa-in and fell in love with her. The consort, whorecognizes his romantic affection for her, has a retainerdeliver a message to Shōji that says she will appear before
him if he can complete a certain task. (During the Heianperiod, noble women were always hidden behind screensin their rooms and rarely appeared before unfamiliar
people). The required task is to carry a beautifullydecorated package and walk around the garden hundredsof times. The package looks so light. Shōji is delighted
with this slender opportunity to meet with the lady.
Confident that it must be an easy task for a man likehim whose body has been trained by gardening, Shōjitries to lift the package with all the might in his body. Itis, however, incredibly heavy and he cannot lift it at all.
Although he tries again and again, he is never successful.
Exhausting all his energy, the despairing Shōji holds a
grudge against this raw deal. As he passes away, he cursesthat the consort will pay for it.

This is a story describing woe and animosity of anold man who fell in love with a beautiful woman. AnotherNoh piece, Aya no Tsuzumi, also has a similar story line.

The consort hears about Shoji’s death from theretainer. She goes out to the garden, finds his body, andmourns his death. When she tries to stand up, she cannot
move just as if there were a rock on her body. Then, theghost of Shōji appears before her. The ghost, who isinfuriated at her bitter treatment, repeatedly expresses his
resentment and blames her for his suffering in Hell.

The old man does not hold his bitter feeling but
announces at the end that he will become the guardian
spirit of the consort. Although his love will never be
rewarded, he chooses to stay close to his beloved one andsupport her, rather than keep blaming her. His earnest andundistracted heart strikes our hearts.

The woman is a consort of a retired emperor. The oldman is a lowly man sweeping and maintaining a garden.
Although people say class and status cannot prevent love,
there are status and age gaps between these two. In thefirst place, the consort does not have any special feelingfor the old man, and the man also knows that there is nohope for him. The terrible tragedy starts when the consort
offers him hope which he should not have. Imagine themisery of the old man clinging to a thread of hope andtackling an impossible task to lift the heavy burden.
The old man’s love is crushed by her bitter treatment.
He dies of a grudge against her and he turns into anevil ghost. This piece vividly expresses the old man’s
emotional moves with the character’s limited movements,
accompanied by the chorus which quickly changes its
singing speed. The sophisticated expressions easily grab
the audience’s hearts and quickly enchant them.

Schools

the Kanze and Komparu schools

Category

the fourth group Noh, shūshin-otoko-mono

AuthorSubject

Zeami
Unknown

SeasonAutumn (September in the lunar calendar)

Scene

Shirakawa-in Mansion in Kyoto

Tsukurimono

Omoni (heavy package)

Characters

Mae-shite

Old ManNochi-shite
Tsure

Ghost of Yamashina no Shōji
ConsortWaki

Retainer of Shirakawa-in

Ai

Servant

Mae-shite

Akobujō, Waraijō, etc.

Nochi-shite
Tsure

Omoni-akujō, Hanakobu-akujō, etc.
Ko-omote

Mae-shite

jō-gami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of

Masks

Costumes

Nochi-shite

Tsure

In the end, however, the ghost says that he will forget
the grudge and act as a guardian to protect the consort
to realize her happiness for good, if the consort gives
memorial services for him. Then he disappears.

Waki

Ai

Number of scenes Two

Length- 10 -

About one hourknee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-mehiki-or muji-noshime(short-sleeved kimono with small check pattern and fine lines orwithout patterns, worn as the innermost layer of the costumesof male characters of lesser standing), koshi-obi (belt), and jō-ōgi
(a fan used by monks or old characters)
shiro-gashira (long white wig worn by roles such as aged spirits),
shiro-mizugoromo (white mizugoromo kimono), kitsuke/ ironashiatsuita (thickly-woven kimono with no rouge color used),koshi-obi, hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characterssuch as demons, gods and warriors), happi-style kimono, andkase-zue (T-shape cane)kazura (wig), iroiri-kazura-obi (band for a wig with rouge color),
tengan (crown for celestial bodies and female court ladies),
kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost
layer of the costume of a female character), hi-ōkuchi (hakamain ōkuchi-style (scarlet)), akaji-karaori (a red short-sleeved
kimono outer robe worn by female characters) wore in tsubooristyle, koshi-obi, and kazura-ōgi (a fan used by a young female
character)kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), mizugoromo, kitsuke/
dan-atsuita (thickly woven kosode type of kimono with very
wide stripes), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), unlined kariginustyle kimono, koshi-obi, and kami-ōgi (a fan)naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama
style trousers)恋重荷（こいのおもに）あらすじ
菊を愛好する白河院の庭で、菊の世話をする山科の荘司という者がいました。荘司は白河院の女御の姿を見て、恋心を抱きます。女御は流儀

観世流、金春流にあり

作者

世阿弥

分類
題材

みどころ
美しい女性に恋をしてしまった老人の、悲哀と恨みを描いた作品で、よく似た曲に「綾鼓」があります。

季節
場面

作り物

四番目物、執心男物
不詳

秋（旧暦 9月）
京都・白河院重荷

荘司の懸想を知り、臣下を通じて荘司に、あることを行えば、思いに女性は高貴な女御、老人は庭掃きの賎しい身分の男。恋に隔てはな

応え、姿を見せてあげようと伝えます。あることとは、美しく装飾され、いといいながら、階級も違い、年齢の差もあったでしょう、そもそも女

後シテ

山科荘司の亡霊

いかにも軽そうに見える荷を持って、庭を百度、千度廻ることでした。

御は老人のことなど、何とも思っておらず、老人も望みのない恋だとわ

荘司はわずかな望みができたと喜び、下働きで鍛えてきたからやりやかっていたようです。ところが女御が、老人にあらぬ希望を持たせたこ

ワキ

白河院の臣下すいと、精一杯の力を込めて持ち上げようとします。しかし、それはとが、恐ろしい悲劇を生み出しました。わずかな希望にすがり、決して大変な重荷で、まったく持ち上がりません。何度も何度も頑張ってみ上げることのできない重い荷を持とうとする老人の哀れな姿。老人は女ますが、持ち上がることはありませんでした。力を使い果たし、絶望

御の仕打ちに、恋心を無残に砕かれ、恨みの末に死に、怨霊となってした荘司は、
この仕打ちを恨み、女御に思い知らせてやると言いながら、しまいます。能では、老人の心の揺れが、緩急鋭い謡と、ごくわずか

死んでしまいます。

な所作とで見事に表現され、観る人の心のなかに、ぐんぐん入り込ん臣下から荘司の死を知らされた女御は、庭に出て、荘司の死体を見登場人物 前シテツレ
アイ面

また老人は恨みとおすことなく、最後は女御の守護神になると言いまつけられるように、身動きできません。すると、そこへ荘司の亡霊がす。恨み通すよりも、報われずとも、愛した人の側で支える道を選ん現れます。亡霊は、女御のひどい仕打ちに憤り、さんざん恨み言を語り、だ老人の、けなげさも印象深いものがあります。

後シテ
ツレ

装束

できます。

て、その死を悼みます。ところが、立ち上がろうとしても巌に押さえ

前シテ

前シテ
後シテ
ツレ
ワキ

地獄で苦しんでいることを伝え、女御を責め立てます。

アイ

しかし最後に荘司の亡霊は、弔いをしてくれるなら、恨みを消し、場数

女御の守り神となって、幸せを末長く守ろうと言い、去っていきました。

老人

女御
下人

阿古父尉（あこぶじょう）、笑尉など

重荷悪尉（おもにあくじょう）、鼻瘤悪尉（はなこぶあくじょう）など

小面
尉髪（じょうがみ）、水衣（みずごろも）、着付・小格子目引または無地熨斗目（むじのしめ）、腰帯、尉扇

白頭（しろがしら）、白水衣（しろみずごろも）、着付・無紅厚板、腰帯、半切、法被、鹿背杖（かせづえ）

鬘、紅入鬘帯、天冠、着付・摺箔、緋大口、赤地唐織壷折、腰帯、

鬘扇

風折烏帽子、水衣、着付・段厚板、白大口、単狩衣、腰帯、神扇

長上下（ながかみしも）二場

上演時間 約 1 時間

恋重荷（こいのおもに）
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