Akogi

阿漕 Akogi Bay

1 Source and/or Related Material

Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and Taira Clans 8

2 Author

Unknown

3 Repertoire

Kanze, Hōshō, Komparu, Kongō, Kita

4 Synopsis

On his way to Ise Shrine (Mie , Ise) a travelling monk (waki) meets an old fisherman by the shore at Akogi (Tsu, present-day Mie ). The old man explains that the name of this place derives from a man called Akogi who was once killed for fishing in this bay, which had been prohibited, and suddenly he disappears. When the monk offers prayers for Akogi, the fisherman’s ghost (nochishite) appears. The spirit reenacts his illicit fishing at the bay and shows the torments he is now suffering in hell. Akogi then asks the priest to pray for his soul and dissolves in the waves.