Certain Noble Plays of Japan - From the manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa by Ezra Pound
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page 55 of 60 (91%)
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TOMO Do you know where the exile lives? VILLAGER What exile is it you want? TOMO Akushichi-bioye Kagekiyo, a noble of Heike's party. VILLAGER Did you not pass an old man under the edge of the mountain, as you were coming that way? TOMO A blind beggar in a thatched cottage. VILLAGER That fellow was Kagekiyo. What ails the lady? she shivers. TOMO A question you might well ask. She is the exile's daughter. She wanted to see her father once more, and so came hither to seek him. Will you take us to Kagekiyo? VILLAGER Bless my soul! Kagekiyo's daughter. Come, come, never mind, young miss. Now I will tell you, Kagekiyo went blind in both eyes, and so he shaved his crown and called himself 'The Blind man of Hinga.' He begs a bit from the passers, and the likes of us keep him; he'd be ashamed to tell you |
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