دیوانه بر بام

by Kan Kikuchi, مهرداد درّانی (Translator)

このコンテンツは日本国内ではパブリックドメインの作品です。印刷版からデジタル版への変換はボランティアによって行われたものです。

Genres: Plays

24 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

Hiroshi Kikuchi (菊池 寛 Kikuchi Hiroshi?, December 26, 1888 – March 6, 1948), known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi (which uses the same kanji as his real name), was a Japanese author born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature. During the Meiji period, Kikuchi Kan's main focus was to accurately portray the hardships of the daily lives of the common people. He was one of the leading playwrights during the Meiji period. In 1920, Kikuchi Kan's success was more recognized by the general public after the success of one of his pieces of work, Shinju fujin (真珠夫人 Madame Pearl). He was also the head of Daiei Motion Picture Company (currently Kadokawa Pictures). He is known to have been an avid player of Mahjong.

Reviews

[Don Inocencio · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s impossible to cure an illness if you
yourself won’t admit that it exists.

I read this when I was in college. Never really took the time to fully understand and write a review though, because I was busy.

This is very relatable. It gives a similar tradition vibe to what we have here in the Philippines when it comes to beliefs about witchcrafts and summoning spirits. Our country has a very diverse culture and tradition. And I could not speak for other ethnic groups as I am not really that knowledgeable about their culture, but in our province lots of people still believe that a mad or intellectually unstable person is possessed by a spirit. A quack doctor—albularyo in vernacular— or the person who claims medical knowledge or other skills for cure will then be called to evict or expel the spirit. Doctors are not a thing, because, firstly, of scarcity. Secondly, it would really cost a lot that only few people could afford to get one for themselves. And lastly, a lot of people live their whole lives without seeing hospitals because it's at a great distance. Hence people turn to either their religion to pray for God, or "albularyo" for help.

Anyway, enough of me rambling. Same thing in this story, a priestess is called to summon a believed spirit that possessed Yoshitaro. His parents love him in their own way, and they show it by finding ways to make him "sane" again. And that is to call someone who can summon spirit out of him not acknowledging the fact that it is a far more serious mental problem. Yes, his parents love him but it is Yoshitaro's brother, Suejiro, that I think who truly loves him. Suejiro is against the idea of consulting a spirit summoner since Yoshitaro's illness can't be cured by the doctors, he believes that the priestess is of no use. Suejiro is an educated person; therefore, it might be one of the reasons why he does not believe in the priestess curing his brother. Suejiro is willing to take care of Yoshitaro for the rest of his life, and even assured his father that his brother won't be a burden to him so long as his brother is happy and comfortable.

Anyway, I truly am rambling and I might edit this at some point in the future. It's a good play. I remember we had fun dramatizing it in college because there were some parts that were funny we could not help ourselves giggling.

I'm gonna wrap this up and say that this tells the unconditional love of a brother to his madman brother. It can really be disconcerting how Yoshitaro's parents wanted him to be cured but it can be construed that they did love him also in their own way, and they only did what they think is best for him so long as he could be cured.

[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

من اولین بارم بود که یک نمایشنامه می خوندم، دو سه صفحه ی
اول یک پیچیدگی عجیبی داشت که فکر می کردم خوندنش سخته، اما وقتی داستان شروع شد خیلی روان ادامه داد و لذت بردم، با اینکه کلا ۲۰صفحه است اما جالب و آموزنده بود.
بنظرم نمره ی ۳ براش خوبه چون کتاب هایی مثل این رو نخوندم تاحالا پس مقایسه ایی برای بد یا خوب بودنش نمی تونم بکنم و فقط ستاره هارو بر اساس نظر شخصی خودم دادم.

[•°ᴀʏᴅᴀ°• · Rating 4 out of 5]

یه جورایی تقابل سنت و علم رو داشت نشون میداد و با اینکه کوتاه بود ولی قلم روان و متن ساده و زیبایی داشت✨

[Alborz Taheri · Rating 2 out of 5]

" شین گِکی " عنوانِ عامی است برای تجربه های نمایشی ژاپن در اواخر قرن نوزدهم که تحت تاثیر آشنایی با درام اروپایی می کوشیده با جهان معاصر نزدیک و منطبق باشند . دیوانه بر بام آشکارا " شین گِکی " است ولی آشکارا تحت تاثیرات نمایشِ سنتی ژاپن نیز هست .
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