Uesugoshi stared at the female figure in the center of the stage, unable to take his eyes away.
The old man's body was trembling slightly, and even now he still has a deep sense of unreality. He couldn't believe that the beautiful shadow on the stage was his son.
Uesugi had imagined that his child would be an extremely talented kabuki performer, but he did not expect that this child would be so outstanding that he would draw people into his singing and dancing just as soon as he appeared on the stage and opened his voice.
In this poignant world, as if there is some kind of magic, her voice and figure are breathtakingly beautiful.
"So beautiful." Even Eriyi couldn't help but write in her notebook.
"It is indeed beautiful." Lu Mingfei watched Fengjian Liuli's figure singing and dancing on the stage, and couldn't help but sigh, "Maybe 'beautiful' is no longer enough to describe him. At this moment, Fengjian Liuli can only be described as 'demon'."
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The story in the dream described the appearance of Fengjian Liuli in detail, describing him as a boy with real beauty comparable to that of women. Before today's performance, Lu Mingfei had also seen Fengjian Liuli appearing in the image of a young girl.
Fengjian Liuli has to admit that Fengjian Liuli is indeed a female-looking beauty, so Lu Mingfei has been mentally prepared for Fengjian Liuli's beauty and elegance after dressing up as a woman...
But imagining is one thing, and seeing it with your own eyes is another. Everything about Fengjian Liuli far exceeded Lu Mingfei's expectations. At this time, Lu Mingfei lamented that his imagination was really lacking, and he was also attracted by Fengjian Liuli.
Jian Liuli's feminine charm is shocking, as if there really is a female ghost from the underworld who has been left for thousands of years possessing Fengjian Liuli, using his body and singing and dancing to make everything in this world bad.
"Now that the son we have given birth to is bad, he should go to the gods for advice."
"The god of heaven ordered a divination, and then the announcement was made: 'Because the woman spoke first, it was not good, so I will come back and speak again.'"
On the stage, Fengjian Liuli chanted and danced, walking around the pillars of the sky.
"Therefore, I have to wait for my brother Ijanaki to tell you his fate first, and then I can say: 'Ah, ah, ah, what a good man!'"
No one could understand what Ruri Kazama was playing, even experienced masters and drama critics were confused, but everyone was immersed in the sad world played by Ruri Kazama and could not extricate themselves.
Accompanied by the melodious lyrics, Fengjian Liuli opened her snow-white robe, and in an instant, the exquisite patterns painted with ancient texts on the robe seemed to come to life.
Fengjian Liuli's raised left sleeve is like a golden stream of light. The goddess and the sun slowly rise from her sleeve. All creatures and gods in the world are illuminated by the overflowing color and stream of light, shining brightly for eternity.
The drooping right sleeve of Fengjian Liuli was like a blue star. The crescent moon fell from the endless void and fell into the yellow sand covered with dry bones and the netherworld. The dark river crossing was as cold as an icy spring.
When Fengjian Liuli dances, the pattern on the back is an unsheathed long sword. The ancient sword stretches from the waistline to the top of the back like a mountain forest. Fengjian Liuli is clearly dancing in a sad and sad dance, and the long sword with gathered patterns
But it adds a solemn solemnity to this most feminine and soft dance.
Everyone was immersed in the beautiful and meaningful dance of Kazama Ruri. At this time, the translation screen on the stage flashed lines of subtitles. The subtitles introduced the track of this performance-"New Ancient Events"
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"Do you think the pattern on Kazama Liuli's clothes looks familiar? Does it look like the murals we saw in Genji Heavy Industries?" Caesar said to Chu Zihang.
"Yes, Amaterasu, the symbols of Tsukiyomi and Susano'o are all worn on his body." Chu Zihang said in a low voice, "The title of the play is "New Kojiki", and the character played by Ruri Kazama should be
It’s the mother goddess in Japanese mythology, Izanami.”
"His acting skills are better than I expected. Even someone like me who is not very interested in Japanese mythology can actually understand that he is playing a woman whose husband died." Caesar did not hesitate to perform for Kazama Ruri.
of praise.
"But why did he choose this subject?" Chu Zihang said to himself, "Fengjian Ruri's performance is perfect, but the audience for a subject like "Kojiki" should be very small, and the audience has a sense of immersion in the story.
It’s not that strong. As Ruri Kazama’s debut performance, it shouldn’t be adapted from an unpopular play.”
"What's even more incredible is that Ruri Kazama gave the best seat to watch the show to us foreigners who know nothing about the art of kabuki." Caesar said, "What did he want to tell us through his performance?
?”
"Have you noticed that the title of the play is "New Kojiki" instead of "Kojiki"?" Lu Mingfei suddenly reminded in a low voice, "Because compared with the original mythical "Kojiki", the plot played by Kazama Ruri
It doesn’t make sense.”
"Ruri Kazama plays the mother goddess Izanami in Japanese mythology. The mother goddess Izanami and the father god Izanagi gave birth to all the Japanese gods, but only Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susano'o are Izanami.
After Zhenaki returned from the land of underworld, in order to wash away the air and dirt from the underworld on his body, Izanagi held a bandage ceremony at Awakihara in Hyuga Komon in Tsukushi, where he washed his left and right eyes and nose with the three incarnations.
A noble son." Lu Mingfei looked at the patterns on Fengjian Liuli's robe on the stage, "In other words, the three supreme gods who are now wearing Fengjian Liuli actually have no blood relationship with the Izanami he plays...
Maybe that's why he put the word 'newly edited' in the title of the play."
"Isn't "Kojiki" regarded as official history in Japan? Isn't this kind of adaptation that forgets its ancestors afraid of being poked in the spine by those traditional kabuki masters?" Caesar said, "I heard that the old guys who are engaged in drama performances in Japan are comparable to
As stubborn as Professor Manstein, Ruri Kazama, as a newcomer to Kabukiza for the first time, dared to change their history beyond recognition. I began to appreciate this guy."
"Hey, can you shut up? I've tolerated you for a long time!" Uesugi Yue on the other side of the sofa finally couldn't help but angrily yelled at the three of them, "My son is performing a very important performance, and as his friends, you guys
What you need to do is keep quiet and watch carefully. This is respect for art. Do you have any impressions after the performance and wait until after the performance is over?"
Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Lu Mingfei immediately became speechless.
On the stage, Kazama Liuli took off her snow-white robe with exquisite patterns, revealing the gorgeous lining, which was a brilliantly painted garment. The fineness of the patterns on it was even greater than that of the robe that had been taken off.
Densely packed lines form obscure and ancient characters, and each character converges into colorful and strange patterns... The white ones are writhing maggots and skulls, the red ones are rotten lips and flesh, and the black ones are withered flowers and ghosts.
film.
Everyone who saw this strange and gorgeous dress shuddered, but compared to the clothes, Fengjian Liuli's boneless dance was more creepy and sent chills down the spine.
This fierce ghost deep in the underworld seems to be... graceful and begging for pleasure.
"The pattern on that dress is dragon text?" Caesar frowned slightly.
"Compared with dragon writing, it is more like the weird writing we saw in front of the torii gate in Takamagahara, which is Japan's ancient writing." Chu Zihang said in a low voice, "I am talking about the ancient underwater city of Takamagahara.
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A beam of warm yellow light hit a corner of the stage, and a male figure wearing a golden robe appeared on the stage. He wore an ancient wooden carving mask, and his steps were "folded feet". He slowly approached Izanami,
There was obviously no obstacle between the two people on the stage, but his steps had a winding and difficult feeling, as if there were thousands of mountains and rivers and rugged ancient roads between them.
All viewers can see that he is overcoming hardships and dangers to find Izanami, because the man is the father god in Japanese mythology, Izanagi, and Izanami is his wife.
Izanagi finally came to Izanami. A crimson carved wooden door was pushed from the side of the stage to between the two of them. The man playing Izanagi gently knocked on the crimson door.
"It's a pity that you didn't come earlier. I have already eaten the food cooked by the fire of the underworld." Izanami sighed slightly, "But since my dear brother has come a long way, I am willing to go back... and discuss with the god of the underworld.
, please don’t peek at me, brother."
After saying this, Izanami, played by Ruri Kazama, covered her pale face with the sleeves of the deceased's burial clothes, and her body trembled slightly for a long time.
Izanagi who was outside the door couldn't stand such a long wait. He quietly opened the door, then took off the wooden comb inserted in the left bun of his head, gently broke off the next comb tooth from the wooden stick, and used his divine power to
Light a fire.
The burning wooden branches illuminated the dark temple, and Izanami raised her head from her sleeves at the right moment.
Izanagi saw that his wife's body was covered with maggots, her arms were covered with bones and skulls of the dead, her face was as pale as a dead man's and pus and blood overflowed, there were big thunders on her head, and fire thunders on her head.
On the chest, the black thunder is on the abdomen, the dismantling thunder is on the yin, the young thunder is on the left hand, the earth thunder is on the right hand, the thunder is on the left foot, and the thunder is on the right foot. Altogether, there are eight thunder gods... That is
A decayed female corpse, the gorgeous attire turned into the deceased's burial clothes, and the charming dance turned into a flag to attract the soul.
Izanagi withdrew from the main hall in horror and fled hastily along the way he came. However, unlike the original "Kojiki", Izanami played by Kazama Ruri did not chase him out at this time, but
He is stuck in the main hall.
Izanami quietly looked at the direction Izanagi was leaving, and sang lightly in a hoarse and frightening tone: "My brother, you really broke my heart, but I had already expected this day to come. It's you, brother."
I have broken the contract and sworn, the engagement has become a thing of the past, so don’t blame me for my resentment coming from the land of hell to the world. I will turn the world you created into a purgatory for dead souls. I will use your most proud child to sew my
On my tattered clothes, I want to imprison your soul in my body, and we will never be separated in all our lives..."
Izanami, played by Ruri Kazama, sings the most vicious curse in the underworld with the most beautiful voice in the world.
The play came to an end, Kazama Ruri took the lead to disappear behind the scenes, warm golden lights enveloped the stage, Izanagi appeared on the stage singing beautiful poems, and a huge column slowly rose from the floor of the stage.
That was Japan at that time. There was a jade pillar rising from the bottom of the sea. The land was barren and empty. Izanagi was walking around the pillar in a perfect circular trajectory. Izanami played by Ruri Kazama was now
Appearing again, the pale makeup and ferocious funeral clothes were no longer there. She was wearing a gorgeous vermilion wedding dress. The two met in front of the column facing the auditorium.
"Ah, ah, ah, what a good woman!" Izanagi said in surprise.
"Ah ah ah, what a good man!" Izanami also responded in surprise.
The two sang and danced together. During the song and dance, the two formed a marriage contract. This was a grand divine marriage. They reproduced countless descendants on the ancient pillar rising from the bottom of the sea.
"I will love you forever and ever, and love you with everything I have. I have forgotten your identity. From now on, you are my wife." Izanagi said.
"If one day, my beauty is gone, my power is gone, and I turn into a ghost in the underworld, will you still love me?" Izanami asked.
"Love, even if you turn into a rotten corpse and wear bloody mourning clothes, even if you turn into withered bones, I will still love you." Izanagi sang loudly, "If one day I break my oath, let me
My world has been turned into purgatory, and I have let my most proud child be sewn into your clothes, and my soul has been imprisoned in your body, and I will be trapped in the underworld for eternity."
"Okay, then you will be my husband from now on." Izanami said.
"I understand, it's a flashback." Caesar at the VIP table suddenly said, "The play of Kazama Ruri uses a flashback technique. When he appeared on the stage, it was the end of the story. At that time, Izanami was in Huangquan.
The country is a person, and then there is the part where Izanagi betrayed her. She sat in the hall and cast a vicious curse on Izanagi because Izanagi betrayed the oath he had promised her, and finally they met.
part."
"No, it's not a flashback, it's a memory." Lu Mingfei pointed to Kazama Ruri who still hadn't left the stage, "From the beginning to the end, there is only Izanami in this story, and Kazama Ruri plays Izanami.
Those beautiful memories, the memories are flowing backwards."
"Because from the beginning of the play, that Izanagi has been killed by her, Izanami has fulfilled her curse, the land of hell and the human world are connected, the earth has returned to desolation, and Izanagi's soul is imprisoned by her.
In the snow-white sleeve robe, Izanami's three children, Amaterasu Tsukuyomi and Susano'o, were mended by Izanami on her sleeves... She regained her beauty, but lost everything." Lu Mingfei
Said, "That's why Izanami's appearance is so sad and lonely. Her first performance was a one-man show, because she was the only one left in the world, just like...a resentful woman who has been hungry for thousands of years."
"So Kazama Ruri did compile a new Kojiki, and he changed the ending of the story to Izanami's victory." Chu Zihang said, "Such tampering can no longer be described as forgetting one's ancestors over the past few chapters. This is simply treason.
, I’m afraid it will easily attract criticism from those traditional kabuki masters.”