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能における「月」の諸相 Phases of the Moon in Noh Plays 坂場, 順子 Sakaba, Junko phases of the moon Noh plays aesthetic sentiments Toru (Toru the Nobleman) rapture spiritual salvation application/pdf Through its history of over 600 years, Noh has built up a repertory of about 250 plays. At the base of these plays are elemental Japanese aesthetic sentiments toward nature: the four seasons, floras and faunas, wind and water, and in particular, the moon. The moon is referred to in more than 80% of Noh plays in one way or another. The moon in its changing phases sets time, actual or reminiscent. It may symbolize Buddhistic salvation. It may also serve to project various human sentiments. In this paper, I will examine how the Japanese have appreciated the moon as well as how it is delineated in Noh plays through the analysis of play examples where the moon serves as a catalyst for creative expression. While several representative plays are analyzed in depth, the main focus will be placed on Toru (Toru the Nobleman) throughout which the moon runs as a key motif. Through the analyses, I hope to illuminate how the creative expressions of the moon in Noh manifest theatrically the hidden yearning of the Japanese for what may be called 'rapture' or a kind of spiritual salvation. departmental bulletin paper 神奈川工科大学 2018-03-20 VoR application/pdf 神奈川工科大学研究報告.A,人文社会科学編 42 1 12 AA12669200 21882878 https://kait.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/316/files/kka-042-001.pdf https://doi.org/10.34411/00000309 http://hdl.handle.net/10368/31968 https://kait.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/316 jpn