In a 1950s adaptation of a literary work in this genre, a poet helps a ninety-nine year old woman on a park bench relive the beauty of her youth.
In a 1950s adaptation of a literary work in this genre, a poet helps a ninety-nine year old woman on a park bench relive the beauty of her youth. A drowned gardener returns as a ghost to haunt a princess for making him play a fake instrument in another work in this genre. A spirit stuck on Earth performs a dance symbolizing the phases of the moon in a third play of this type, so that a fisherman will return her feather mantle. Arthur Waley's translation popularized the title (*) Damask Drum for one of these plays. In At the Hawk's Well, W.B. Yeats used many of the conventions of this genre, such as zither and gong accompaniment. These plays are typically separated by comedic interludes known as kyogen, and were established as a genre by the father-son combo Kanami and Zeami in the 14th century. For 10 points, name this mask-incorporating Japanese dramatic genre.
In a 1950s adaptation of a literary work in this genre, a poet helps a ninety-nine year old woman on a park bench relive the beauty of her youth.
Noh [or Nogaku] 