敦盛

Atsumori

Author

Zeami Motokiyo

Language

Classical Japanese

Year

c. late 14th/early 15th century

Country

Japan

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

east asia

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Atsumori is a Japanese Noh play by Zeami Motokiyo which focuses on Taira no Atsumori, a young samurai who was killed in the Genpei War, and his killer, Kumagai Naozane. Atsumori's death is portrayed tragically in the Heike monogatari, from which this and many other works stem.