Take no yuki

is a Noh play by Zeami Motokiyo.

Theme A man separates from his first wife and his daughter, but keeps his son with his second wife, who is urged by him to look after both the boy and the bamboo grove while he is on pilgrimage.A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 217 Suspecting the son has complained of her to his actual parents, the stepmother sends him out, coatless, to brush the winter snow off the bamboos.A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 220

After the boy dies of exposure in the bamboo grove, his sister and mother sing a song of despair,Chikamatsu, 5 Late Plays (2001) p. 472 before the pious reconciliation of father and mother brings the dead boy back to life at the close.A Waley, The Noh Plays of Japan (1976) p. 221

Later allusions In a haiku offered to a family who had lost their own child, Bashō alludes to the Noh play:Makoto Ueda, Matsuo Basho (1982) p. 38-9 “Withered and bending / Dejected world upside-down / Bamboo of the snow”Basho's "Withered and bending" - Frank Watson Poet Translation Prints based on the play's story were not uncommon.Take no Yuki: Print

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