Natsu Untitled Hijikata Butoh-fu
long pipe
combing
resting chin on the table
tying a knot in the string
stretching the string
carrying a cup
weaving cherry blossom branches
hair ornament
lipstick
stop!
cutting the string with teeth
stretching the string
outline of your face
loose hair
big nose
three streams of rain crossing in front of your face three times
TOKIWA [a beautiful lady of legend in Japan]
Ogress
Nakajima, Natsu.‘Ankoku Butoh’, Speech at Fu Jen University Decade Conference, Feminine Spirituality in Theatre, Opera, and Dance, Taipei (October 1997). 1997. translated by Lee Chee-Keng in 1997, revised by Elizabeth Langley in 2002.
