184 Shadowings 



KAKKARA, KAKKARA, KAKKARA, KAKKA!* 



Therewith the damsel, pursuing, quickly, quickly fol 

 lowed after him ; with all speed she followed after him. 

 Having passed through Tanab and passed through Minabe", 

 she pursued him over the Komatsu moor, 



Over the Komatsu moor. 



Then the Yamabushi, fleeing, came as he fled to the river 

 of Amoda, and cried to the boatman of the river of Amoda, 

 " O good boatman, good sir boatman, behind me comes 

 a maid pursuing ! pray do not take her across, good 

 boatman, 



" Good sir boatman ! " 



DEBOKU, DEBOKU, DEBOKU, DEN DEN !* 



Then the damsel, pursuing, came to the river of Amoda 

 and called to the boatman, " Bring hither the boat ! take 

 me over in the boat ! " " No, I will not bring the boat ; I 

 will not take you over : my boat is forbidden to carry 



women ! 



" Forbidden to carry women ! 



" If you do not take me over, I will cross ! if you do 

 not take me over, I will cross ! there is a way to cross 

 the river of Amoda ! " Taking off her sandals and holding 

 them aloft, she entered the water, and at once turned into a 

 dragon with twelve horns fully grown, 

 _. Witb twelve horns fully grown. 



1 These syllables, forming a sort of special chorus, are simply 

 onomatopes ; intended to represent the sound of sandalled feet running 

 at utmost speed. 



* These onomatopes, chanted by all the dancers together in chorus, 

 with appropriate gesture, represent the sound of the ferryman's single 

 oar, or scull, working upon its wooden peg. The syllables have no 

 meaning in themselves. 



