Lukas, thoughts?
On 3/9/26 4:57 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> Question on drama structure. Obviously we’ve got a bunch of different
> translators here with different processes. So we’ve got some different
> approaches to structure:
>
> * /Atsumori/ has an introduction, dramatis personae, unheaded acts,
> and a non-fiction interlude explanation
> * /Kinuta/ has a dramatis personae, unheaded plot introduction, and
> single act
> * /Nishikigi/ has a dramatis personae and two headed acts
> * /Sakuragawa/ has an introduction, dramatis personae, and two headed acts
> * /Suma Genji/ has a dramatis personae and two headed acts
> * /Takasago/ has a dramatis personae, unheaded plot introduction, a
> headed prologue and two headed acts
> * /Yamanba/ has a dramatis personae, two unheaded acts, and a listed
> intermission
>
>
> My suggested (obviously editorial) approach here would be:
>
> * Move introductions in /Kinuta/ and /Takasago/ to above the dramatis
> personae and give them headings
> * Add act headings to /Atsumori/ and move the explanation of the
> contents of the interlude <
https://archive.org/details/
> in.ernet.dli.2015.99967/page/n74/mode/1up> to the introduction.
> * Add act headings to /Yamanba/ and remove the “<p>(The
> intermission.)</p>”
>
>
> Does this sound reasonable, or do we think it’s going too far?
>
> -Robin
>
>> On 8 Mar 2026, at 11:49, Robin Whittleton <
ro...@reala.net> wrote:
>>
>> Quick update: transcriptions are done. Tōru turned out to just be a
>> summary, so we ended up with 7 plays in total. Total word count will
>> be 15.3K, so not the longest but a worthy addition.
>>
>> I also looked for what’s coming up in the next decade and there are
>> two more that will be able to be added: Aridōshi in 2028 and Tadanori
>> in 2030. Source scans have been added to the spreadsheet.
>>
>> -Robin
>>
>>> On 5 Mar 2026, at 06:50, Lukas Bystricky <
lukasby...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> No worries Weijia. Looks like the entry has been added, so I've
>>> approved it.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 10:08:42 PM UTC+1
weij...@bu.edu
>>> <
http://bu.edu/>wrote:
>>>
>>> Oops, just remembered I'm not even managing this project!
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 4:08:22 PM UTC-5 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, that works well enough for me!
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 4:04:31 PM UTC-5 robin wrote:
>>>
>>> Going to go with van Gogh’s/Irises/ as cover art. Oil
>>> paintings of noh is non-existent, but Zeami possibly
>>> penned an iris-themed play so close enough. This was van
>>> Gogh’s ukiyo-e phase anyway, so there’s a Japanese
>>> connection.
>>>
>>> I’ve added it to the DB <
https://standardebooks.org/
>>> artworks/vincent-van-gogh/irises> (CC0 from Getty) but as
>>> we don’t have an entry for this compilation yet I can’t
>>> assign it.
>>>
>>> thumbnail_00164d415c6c3572abfbacec1192bb7a988f45a3_EBOK_portrait.jpeg
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 2 Mar 2026, at 08:14, Robin Whittleton
>>>> <
ro...@reala.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> spreadsheets/d/1pWz3QoVcrnevVYFZ- <https://
>>>>>>>>
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pWz3QoVcrnevVYFZ-
>>>>>>>> >vbl96PR_f5YX3kooDWez9oCBGY
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We don't want plays that he merely revised, or
>>>>>>>> heavily abridged plays.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re. attribution, I think it's a case by case basis.
>>>>>>>> If there is general scholarly consensus that he
>>>>>>>> probably wrote a play, then we can include it. If
>>>>>>>> there's a lot of dispute then no. However these
>>>>>>>> would all be worth including in the spreadsheet with
>>>>>>>> notes on why we did or didn't include them, so we
>>>>>>>> know in the future.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3/1/26 11:59 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
>>>>>>>>> OK, I ended up finding a bunch more info after
>>>>>>>>> finding the incredibly usefulhttps://
>>>>>>>>> noh.jparc.online/plays/list-of-n%C5%8D-translations
>>>>>>>>> <
https://noh.jparc.online/plays/list-of-n%C5%8D-
>>>>>>>>> translations><
https://noh.jparc.online/plays/list-
>>>>>>>>> of-n%C5%8D-translations <
https://noh.jparc.online/
>>>>>>>>> plays/list-of-n%C5%8D-translations>>. Off the back
>>>>>>>>> of that, I’ve put together a spreadsheet at
>>>>>>>>>
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/ <http://
>>>>>>>>>
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
>>>>>>>>> >d/1P4IxQJg4op4vtIwylRCbUmGM99smgAMpvtzE_ZRK9Jk
>>>>>>>>> <
https://docs.google.com/ <
http://docs.google.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99967 <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43304><http://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
www.gutenberg.org/ <
http://www.gutenberg.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
archive.org/ <
http://archive.org/>details/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
archive.org/details/ <
http://archive.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> details/>nohoraccomplishm00feno <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
archive.org/ <
http://archive.org/>details/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> %20nohoraccomplishm00feno>> that has a few
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more plays in a collaboration between
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fernollosa and Pound. In it Ezra Pound
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> describes himself as ”someone who has but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the pleasure of arranging beauty into the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> words” <
https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
http://archive.org/details/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >nohoraccomplishm00feno/page/n14/mode/1up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
https://archive.org/ <
http://archive.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ebooks/8094 <
http://www.gutenberg.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ebooks/8094><
https://www.gutenberg.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
https://www.gutenberg.org/>ebooks/8094>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which is a collection of four Noh plays.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’d like to produce it for SE, but I’m a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> little bit confused about how we might
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> structure the authorship metadata.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The plays are listed as “chosen and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finished by Ezra Pound” so I imagine we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can put him down as compiler [com] and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> maybe editor [edt].
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The book lists the source as being “from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa” so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’d assume given his background that he’s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> translated them in the first place.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then for the four plays themselves,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/ <http://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/>wiki/ List_of_Noh_plays
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ <http://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>List_of_Noh_plays>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has the authors as:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * Nishikigi: Zeami <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>Zeami_Motokiyo>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * Hagoromo: Zeami <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>Zeami_Motokiyo>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * Kumasaka: Zenchiku <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>Konparu_Zenchiku>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * Kagekiyo: Zeami <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ <https://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/>Zeami_Motokiyo>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There‘s also an introduction by Yeats.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts on how to proceed? Is this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something that SE would want?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Robin
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