# What does Zeami's Shudosho say about jo-ha-kyu, as read in a public translation, and how does the translator frame it?

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In Bohner's 1961 German translation of Zeami's Shudosho, jo-ha-kyu allocates a day's programme: the waki noh is jo, pieces two to four are ha and the fifth is kyu; when more pieces are ordered, the troupe should stretch jo-ha-kyu across the whole performance. Bohner's own introduction glosses all noh as a three- or five-part unfolding (translator's interpretation, not Zeami's text).

In Bohner's 1961 German translation of Zeami's Shudosho, jo-ha-kyu allocates a day's programme: the waki noh is jo, pieces two to four are ha and the fifth is kyu; when more pieces are ordered, the troupe should stretch jo-ha-kyu across the whole performance. Bohner's own introduction glosses all noh as a three- or five-part unfolding (translator's interpretation, not Zeami's text).

Curator qualifications: Sources read 2026-10-22; no corpus counted. OCR text; translation, not the Japanese original; Fushikaden cross-check (S17) not re-read.

Limitations: Sources read 2026-10-22; no corpus counted.

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      "url": "https://www.koten.net/kaden/gen/601/",
      "note": "archive.org SeamiSchriften djvu.txt (OCR of Bohner 1961), Shudosho ch. VIII and translator introduction"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/download/SeamiSchriften/Seami_Schriften_djvu.txt",
      "note": "archive.org SeamiSchriften djvu.txt (OCR of Bohner 1961), Shudosho ch. VIII and translator introduction"
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] In Bohner's 1961 German translation of Zeami's Shudosho, jo-ha-kyu allocates a day's programme: the waki noh is jo, pieces two to four are ha and the fifth is kyu; when more pieces are ordered, the troupe should stretch jo-ha-kyu across the whole performance. Bohner's own introduction glosses all noh as a three- or five-part unfolding (translator's interpretation, not Zeami's text). · locator: archive.org SeamiSchriften djvu.txt (OCR of Bohner 1961), Shudosho ch. VIII and translator introduction · source: https://www.koten.net/kaden/gen/601/

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