Bunraku is a traditional Japanese puppet play. It was my first time to watch it last Saturday. I’ve been wanting to watch it for a long time, because when I was around 28 or 29 years old, I joined an amateur puppet play group in my hometown. The group leader’s job was as a designer and painter, he had amazing talents to create original stories and puppets. He has already passed away, but it’s another story not related to this theme, so I’ll set some time to write about it in the future. I learned a lot of things from him.
I watched “The Tale of the Morning Glory”. The theme is a tragedy of love. The main character is ASAGAO(Morning Glory) who is a young beautiful daughter of a powerful samurai. She was infatuated with ASOJIRO who is a young good-looking samurai. He saved her ③more by accident by then design when some bad guys tried to rape her.
However, that was the beginning of the tragedy. They fell in love, but the fate ①imperiled their engagement. Some events conspired to keep them apart. ASAGAO’s parents had chosen another man for her, so she fled her home when the time to keep her promise impended. But she always wept in longing for Asojiro, and it has caused her to go blind. She became a beggar and a blind street musician. In the conclusion, the story had a happy ending.
Invitation To BUNRAKU ‘(Here is the official site of Tokyo National Theatre, and book a ticket.)
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Title: I went to National Theatre
Bunraku is traditional Japanese puppet play. I watched it last Saturday it’s my first time. I’ve been wanted to watch it for a long time, because when I was 28~29 years old, I’ve joined amateur puppet play group in my hometown. The group leader’s job was a designer and painter, he had amazing talents to create original story and puppet. He already passed away now, but it’s another story not related to this theme, so I’ll make a time to write that in the future. I learned a lot of things from him.
I watched “The Tale of the Morning Glory”. The theme is a tragedy of love. The main character is ASAGAO(morning glory) who is a young beautiful daughter of a powerful samurai. She was infatuated with ASOJIRO who is a young good looking samurai. Because he saved her ③more by accident by than design when bad guys who wanted to rape her.
However, this is the beginning of the tragedy.They fell in love, but the fate ①imperiled their marriage. Some events conspire to keep them apart. ASAGAO’s parents prepared another man for her marriage, so she had fled her home about ②impending keep promise. but she always weeping for longing him, it has caused her to go visually impaired. She became a beggar, street blind musician. In the conclusion, the story is a happy ending.
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words to practice: ①imperil, ②impend,
expression to practice: ③more by accident than (by) design
Something that happens more by accident than (by) design is done without deliberate intention.
“I became an interpreter more by accident than design; nobody else could speak the language of the refugees.”
文楽は日本の伝統的な人形劇です。先週の土曜日に初めて見ました。28、9歳の頃、地元のアマチュア人形劇グループに参加して以来、ずっと見たいと思っていました。グループのリーダーの仕事はデザイナーと画家で、オリジナルの物語や人形を作る素晴らしい才能を持っていました。彼はすでに亡くなっていますが、それはこのテーマとは関係のない別の話なので、将来時間を作ってそれについて書くつもりです。彼からは多くのことを学びました。
「朝顔物語」を見ました。テーマは愛の悲劇です。主人公は、力のある侍の若くて美しい娘である朝顔です。彼女は若くてハンサムな侍である麻生次郎に夢中になっています。彼は、悪者が彼女を強姦しようとしたときに、意図せず偶然に彼女を3回以上救いました。
しかし、それが悲劇の始まりでした。二人は恋に落ちましたが、運命は婚約を危うくしました。いくつかの出来事が重なって二人は引き離されてしまいました。朝顔の両親は朝顔に別の男性を選んでいたので、約束を果たす時が迫ると朝顔は家を飛び出しました。しかし朝顔は朝次郎を想い涙を流し、そのせいで目が見えなくなってしまいました。彼女は物乞いになり、盲目の路上ミュージシャンになりました。結局、物語はハッピーエンドでした。