According to Marika was this the end pose of "One Summer's Day" (bottom left) 🤗

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Anni said:

Another newspaper on 2th April 

 

Photo by Yoshiki Kogaito 

 

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Do I see under his surname a shadow of the word: 幽玄 yuugen - "mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound" (https://jisho.org/search/幽玄)?  

Has anyone noticed that the outpouring of love for Yuzu is palpable today on every platform (as it has been since SharePractice imo but especially today, it must be Haku!) 

He is so special isn't he, to so very many of us, worldwide   It's extraordinary. It makes me feel so happy for Yuzuru, and for us, that he has touched so many of us, that he continues to make our lives better than they would be without him.

I wish wish wish he could find happiness himself, at least to be happy more than he is not. 

I think he may have taken a big step towards that particular dream - He looks pretty happy these days, doesn't he??

 

TBS better give us One Summer's Day pronto!! or WE won't be looking very happy at all lol!!

14 minutes ago, nekodearu said:

Do I see under his surname a shadow of the word: 幽玄 yuugen - "mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound" (https://jisho.org/search/幽玄)?  

That is so lovely - and true 

9 minutes ago, Pammi said:

. . . . .  TBS better give us One Summer's Day pronto!! or WE won't be looking very happy at all lol!!

 

We want Haku !      We Want HAKU !!!     WE WANT HAKU !!!!!  

I need to see One summers day more than I need air y’all do not understand 😭 the pics and little clips alone have me in a chokehold…

 

Btw, do we know if it’s a self choreo like ashura chan?

I wondered if David W had a hand in the choreo - it looks like a Yuzu/David collab to me.

 

Also:

 

1 hour ago, Pammi said:

That is so lovely - and true 

It is also meaningful. I couldn't resist and did a search for the concept. I found, for example:

 

"Yūgen may be, among generally recondite Japanese aesthetic ideas, the most ineffable. The term is first found in Chinese philosophical texts (...). Kamo no Chōmei, the author of the well-known Hōjōki (An Account of my Hut, 1212), also wrote about poetry and considered yūgen to be a primary concern of the poetry of his time. He offers the following as a characterization of yūgen: “It is like an autumn evening under a colorless expanse of silent sky. Somehow, as if for some reason that we should be able to recall, tears well uncontrollably.” - (so relatable... 😅)

 

"The art in which the notion of yūgen has played the most important role is the Nō drama (...) Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443)... wrote a number of treatises on Nō drama, in which yūgen (“Grace”) figures as “the highest principle” (...). He associates it with the highly refined culture of the Japanese nobility, and with their speech in particular, though there is also in Nō a “Grace of music,” a “Grace of performance [of different roles],” and a “Grace of the dance” (...). It is something rare, that is attained only by the greatest actors in the tradition, and only after decades of dedicated practice of the art. It is impossible to conceptualize, so that Zeami often resorts to imagery in trying to explain it: “Cannot the beauty of Grace be compared to the image of a swan holding a flower in its bill, I wonder?” (...). The most famous formulation come at the beginning of Zeami’s “Notes on the Nine Levels [of artistic attainment in Nō],” where the highest level is referred to as “the art of the flower[ing] of peerless charm”: 

 

The meaning of the phrase Peerless Charm surpasses any explanation in words and lies beyond the workings of consciousness. It can surely be said that the phrase “in the dead of night, the sun shines brightly” exists in a realm beyond logical explanation. Indeed, concerning the Grace of the greatest performers in our art [it gives rise to] the moment of Feeling that Transcends Cognition, and to an art that lies beyond any level that the artist may consciously have attained. (...)"

 

(source: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/#YuugMystGrac, bolding is from me)

 

Indeed, our Haku-sama is the embodiment of yuugen.

 

7 minutes ago, nekodearu said:

It is also meaningful. I couldn't resist and did a search for the concept. I found, for exampe:

 

"Yūgen may be, among generally recondite Japanese aesthetic ideas, the most ineffable. The term is first found in Chinese philosophical texts (...). Kamo no Chōmei, the author of the well-known Hōjōki (An Account of my Hut, 1212), also wrote about poetry and considered yūgen to be a primary concern of the poetry of his time. He offers the following as a characterization of yūgen: “It is like an autumn evening under a colorless expanse of silent sky. Somehow, as if for some reason that we should be able to recall, tears well uncontrollably.” - (so relatable... 😅)

 

"The art in which the notion of yūgen has played the most important role is the Nō drama (...) Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443)... wrote a number of treatises on Nō drama, in which yūgen (“Grace”) figures as “the highest principle” (...). He associates it with the highly refined culture of the Japanese nobility, and with their speech in particular, though there is also in Nō a “Grace of music,” a “Grace of performance [of different roles],” and a “Grace of the dance” (...). It is something rare, that is attained only by the greatest actors in the tradition, and only after decades of dedicated practice of the art. It is impossible to conceptualize, so that Zeami often resorts to imagery in trying to explain it: “Cannot the beauty of Grace be compared to the image of a swan holding a flower in its bill, I wonder?” (...). The most famous formulation come at the beginning of Zeami’s “Notes on the Nine Levels [of artistic attainment in Nō],” where the highest level is referred to as “the art of the flower[ing] of peerless charm”:

The meaning of the phrase Peerless Charm surpasses any explanation in words and lies beyond the workings of consciousness. It can surely be said that the phrase “in the dead of night, the sun shines brightly” exists in a realm beyond logical explanation. Indeed, concerning the Grace of the greatest performers in our art [it gives rise to] the moment of Feeling that Transcends Cognition, and to an art that lies beyond any level that the artist may consciously have attained. (...)

 

(source: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/#YuugMystGrac, bolding is from me)

 

Indeed, our Haku-sama is the embodiment of yuugen.

 

It fits perfectly with Yuzuru and his expression through movement and story telling via the character of Haku - so very beautiful, relateable, and meaningful as you rightly say.

Yuzuru seems to be transcending sport and art to the realms beyond!!

and that costume helps....do we know who designed it?

6 minutes ago, Pammi said:

that costume helps....do we know who designed it?

Satomi Ito is the designer. She reportedly created two versions - one fanyu spotted the sketches at her recent exhibition. I couldn't find the twit, but here is the exhibition:

 

 

When looking at our Haku Dragon Prince I'm reminded that back in 2019, the animators of the hugely popular Chinese movie Ne Zha were known to have used a younger Yuzu as part of the inspiration in their initial concept for the Dragon King's son (there was a picture of the concept drawing). The concept later changed... but it still says something that Yuzu evoked such ideas.

A good quality gif of some of One Summer's Day, plus a better view of the ending pose

 

 

 

 

 

9 hours ago, nekodearu said:

It is also meaningful. I couldn't resist and did a search for the concept. I found, for example:

 

"Yūgen may be, among generally recondite Japanese aesthetic ideas, the most ineffable. The term is first found in Chinese philosophical texts (...). Kamo no Chōmei, the author of the well-known Hōjōki (An Account of my Hut, 1212), also wrote about poetry and considered yūgen to be a primary concern of the poetry of his time. He offers the following as a characterization of yūgen: “It is like an autumn evening under a colorless expanse of silent sky. Somehow, as if for some reason that we should be able to recall, tears well uncontrollably.” - (so relatable... 😅)

 

"The art in which the notion of yūgen has played the most important role is the Nō drama (...) Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443)... wrote a number of treatises on Nō drama, in which yūgen (“Grace”) figures as “the highest principle” (...). He associates it with the highly refined culture of the Japanese nobility, and with their speech in particular, though there is also in Nō a “Grace of music,” a “Grace of performance [of different roles],” and a “Grace of the dance” (...). It is something rare, that is attained only by the greatest actors in the tradition, and only after decades of dedicated practice of the art. It is impossible to conceptualize, so that Zeami often resorts to imagery in trying to explain it: “Cannot the beauty of Grace be compared to the image of a swan holding a flower in its bill, I wonder?” (...). The most famous formulation come at the beginning of Zeami’s “Notes on the Nine Levels [of artistic attainment in Nō],” where the highest level is referred to as “the art of the flower[ing] of peerless charm”: 

 

The meaning of the phrase Peerless Charm surpasses any explanation in words and lies beyond the workings of consciousness. It can surely be said that the phrase “in the dead of night, the sun shines brightly” exists in a realm beyond logical explanation. Indeed, concerning the Grace of the greatest performers in our art [it gives rise to] the moment of Feeling that Transcends Cognition, and to an art that lies beyond any level that the artist may consciously have attained. (...)"

 

(source: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/#YuugMystGrac, bolding is from me)

 

Indeed, our Haku-sama is the embodiment of yuugen.

 

Thank you for sharing these insights, this is very interesting. 

 

The idea of a sun shining during the night is an interesting concept as well in terms of 'higher state' of spiritual consciousness. From a practical standpoint the stars continue to shine throughout the universe day and night, each is a Sun or rather the sun is a star. 

 

Yuzu also met Nomura Mansai - a Kyogen trained actor. Many aspects of the Kyogen discipline developed alongside Noh theatre. The meeting was undoubtedly educational and enlightening for Yuzu. 

New footage from "One Summer's Day" 

(camera: Jason Brown)

"..including the great two-time Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu" 

 

Source (at 0:39)

 

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