Abstract:
This research aims to study the conflicts and conflict-solving of the characters in Genzai Noh plays, as well as beliefs related to these conflicts and conflict-solving. Sixteen plays are studied and categorized into 4 groups according to the characters relationship: master and servant (5 plays), parent and child (7plays), husband and wife (2 plays), and siblings (2 plays). The research finds two types of conflicts: interpersonal and internal. Conflictsolving, employing more than one strategy found in all plays except for the play Nishikido, is characterized by either direct confrontation or avoidance. Beliefs related to the conflicts and conflict-solving are found to be filial piety, loyalty, masters and servants relationships lasting three lifetimes, parents and childrens relationships lasting one lifetime. There is also belief in deities, the supernatural, the power of poetry as well as some concepts in Buddhism: impermanence, ordination, Amitabha Buddha, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and almsgiving.