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Mie (poses)

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Genroku Mie in “Shibaraku”. Ichikawa Danjuro 12th as Kamakura Gongoro. November, 1995 at Kabukiza Theatre.

The actor stands still and assumes a pose at a moment of an upsurge of the character’s emotion or in crucial scenes of a story. This is a Mie pose that can hold the attention of the audience. There are various types of Mie employed according to individual scenes.

-Genroku Mie
　It is a Mie pose of stretching the right hand horizontally and holding up the left hand while bending the elbow. At the same time, the actor steps widely with his left foot to exhibit the forcefulness. As shown in the video, this pose is assumed by Kamakura Gongoro in the Kabuki-Juhachiban “Shibaraku”, among other examples. It is said that Ichikawa Danjuro 1st created it through improvements.
-Ishinage no Mie
　It is a Mie pose of as if throwing a stone, which is widely known because Benkei in “Kanjincho” assumes this pose.
-Hashiramaki no Mie
　It is a Mie pose of winding the hands and foot around a long object like the pillar of a building or the Naginata (long sword). This pose is done by Narukami Shonin in “Narukami”, among others.
-Tenchi no Mie
　It is a Mie pose assumed by two persons simultaneously, one person in a high place and the other in a lower place.
-Fudo no Mie
　It is a Mie pose of Fudomyoo, which is assumed by Narukami Shonin in “Fudo” and “Narukami”, and by Benkei in “Kanjincho”, that are the Kabuki-Juhachiban plays. Benkei assumes Fudo no Mie by holding a scroll lengthwise in his right hand and rosary in his left hand.