「To the sympathetic a masterpiece becomes a living reality towards which we feel drawn in bonds of comradeship.
The masters are immortal, for their loves and fears live in us over and over again.
It is the soul than the hands, the man than the technique, which appeals to us,ーthe more human the call the deeper is our response.
It is because of this secret understanding between the master and ourselves that in poetry or romance we suffer and rejoice with the hero and heroine.
Chikamatsu, our Japanese Shakespeare, has laid down as one of the first principles of dramatic composition the importance of taking the audience into the confidence of the author.
Several of his pupils submitted plays for his approval, but only one of the pieces appealed to him.
It was a play somewhat resembling the Comedy of Errors, in which twin brethren suffer through mistaken identity.
"This," said Chikamatsu, "has the proper spirit of the drama, for it takes the audience into consideration.
This public is permitted to know more than the actors.
It knows where the mistake lies, and pities the poor figures on the board who innocently rush to their fate." 」 ( From the Book of Tea-Art Appreciation, pp.79-80, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan)
The artistic values are not simple, but you should ask for eternal beauty at any chances.
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