In a famous scene from the kabuki repertoire, the disguised warrior monk Benkei feigns reading from a subscription scroll to allow this master of his to bypass the Ataka barrier in the play Kanjinchō. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this historical figure who is falsely accused of treachery by his brother Yoritomo in the Tale of the Heike, whose third part features him as a main character. The Gikeiki helped establish this man as a tragic hero.
ANSWER: Minamoto no Yoshitsune [or Ushiwakamaru; prompt on Minamoto; prompt on Gikei]
[10m] Yoshitsune evades Yoritomo’s soldiers in a play titled for him and a thousand of these objects. In a Noh play, two sisters who gather saltwater mistake a courtier named Yukihira for one of these objects.
ANSWER: trees [accept cherry trees or pine trees; accept sakura; accept Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees or Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura; accept Wind in the Pines or Matsukaze; prompt on plants; reject “flowers”]
[10e] A romance between Yoshitsune and the Princess Jōruri became so popular that it names the musical style accompanying this Japanese theatrical form, also exemplified by Chikamatsu’s The Love Suicides at Amijima.
ANSWER: bunraku [or ningyō jōruri; prompt on puppet theater]
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