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The Kanze school calls this play, “Jidō of the Chrysanthemum” (Kiku-Jidō). They also have a play called “Jidō of the Headrest” (Makura-Jidō), but it is an entirely different piece. The Kongoh school has a similar play titled, “Peng Zu” (Hōso).”
“Jidō was a boy who served Emperor Mu of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China. One day, he committed an offense by stepping over the emperor’s headrest. So severe was this offense that he barely escaped being put to death. He was driven from the court and banished to Mount Rekken. Feeling pity for the boy, Emperor Mu secretly gave him a headrest upon which he had written two verses from the Lotus Sutra and he taught him to recite these verses and pray every morning. When Jidō copied the verses onto a chrysanthemum leaf to remember them, the dew that formed on the leaf became a miraculous elixir, and the boy who drank the elixir became a hermit remaining eternally youthful for over eight hundred years. He changed his name to Peng Zu during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Wei dynasty and taught his imperial majesty the secret of longevity. The emperor, who continued to partake from the chrysanthemum cup, enjoyed ten thousand years of longevity. This is the origin of the Chrysanthemum Festival...” The story of this Noh drama develops in a magical setting. In the middle of a deep, untrodden mountain, an imperial official in the service of Emperor Wen meets Jidō, who looks like a boy. Although this play is short, it purifies and rejuvenates the mind with its atmosphere of blissful serenity. The audience can enjoy feeling as if they have been temporarily transported away from reality to wander through a dreamlike, mystical world. The Kanze school calls this play, “Jidō of the Chrysanthemum” (Kiku-Jidō). They also have a play called “Jidō of the Headrest” (Makura-Jidō), but it is an entirely different piece. The Kongoh school has a similar play titled, “Peng Zu” (Hōso).” STORY PAPER : Makura-Jidō (Jido of the Headrest)Story Paper presents noh chant stories in modern speech, with story outlines, highlights and more using Adobe PDF format, which can print out and zoom in. Print out the pages and take them with you when you see the actual noh performance.
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