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Plate 1.

Lord Takadēra and entourage in Manzai Tichiuchi (Vendetta of Performers of “Myriad-Year” Felicity): A Kumi Odori by Tasato Chōchoku, as staged by Kin Ryōshō in 1982.

(Photo: Courtesy of Cheryl Yoshie Nakasone Penhart)

Plate 2.

Ladies dance “Sakamutu Bushi” in Manzai Tichiuchi (Vendetta of Performers of “Myriad-Year” Felicity) as staged by Kin Ryōshō.

(Photo: Courtesy of Cheryl Yoshie Nakasone Penhart)

Plate 3.

The lengthy, dynamic, danced confrontation between Young Man (Gary Wynn) and Guardian of the Well (Sandra Kovacs) after her transformation into a hawk. The Chorus included Jeff Erickson, Christopher Garey, Mark Lien, Glenn E. Schmitt, and William Z. Petropoulos. At the Hawk’s Well, the 1984 Asian/Experimental Theater production directed by Phillip Zarrilli on A. C. Scott’s nō stage.

(Photo: Courtesy of Phillip Zarrilli)

Plate 4.

Told by the Wind by The Llanarth Group Wales. Structure 8: Male Figure (Philip Zarrilli) voices the text, “… heart flutters, little bird …” Female Figure (Jo Shapland) lying downstage center has just opened her eyes in this performance at Tokyo Theatre Babylon, 2013.

(Photo: Courtesy of Ami Theatre, Tokyo)

Plate 5.

Told by the Wind by The Llanarth Group Wales. Structure 9: Female Figure (Jo Shap-land) puts on the long-sleeved white shirt and begins a slow stepping “dance” in the earth as lights fade on her. Some viewers found this scene reminiscent of nō.

(Photo: Courtesy of Ami Theatre, Tokyo)

Plate 6.

The finale—Nora Samosir (center) with some of the eighty performers from The Happiness Event listening to the sound of the cosmos.

(Photo: Courtesy of TheatreWorks (S) Ltd. and Kong Chong Yew)