# Plays — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Plays by Zeami Motokiyo.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/act-i.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/act-ii.md): The scene shifts to the Strand of Sumiyoshi in Settsu, where the God of Sumiyoshi appears, adorned with plum blossoms and pine, and is praised by the chorus. The god reflects on his long guardianship over the Sovran and 
- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/act-i.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/act-ii.md): The Singer encounters the Yamauba, a mountain she-devil, in a nocturnal mountain landscape. The Yamauba reflects on the nature of good and evil, the delusions of human life, and the beauty of nature. She urges the Singer
- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/act-i.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/act-ii.md): In Act II, the priest Rensei performs all-night rites for the dead, praying for Atsumori's salvation. The ghost of Atsumori appears, dressed as a young warrior, and reveals his identity. He recounts the fall of the Taira
- [Sakuragawa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/sakuragawa.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Kinuta](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/kinuta.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Suma Genji](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/suma-genji.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Nishikigi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/plays_2_se/chapters/nishikigi.md): Plays — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.

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