. The pine-tree = Matsu : a drama, adapted from the Japanese, with an introductory causerie on the Japanese theatre. the chancellor theart of calligraphy, Ganzo opens aschool in the village, where theaction continues. Of Sugawara - no - Michizanesthree godsons Umeo followed himinto banishment, Sakumaru waskilled in defending his masterscause, while Matsuo remained inhis adversarys service. The fallenchancellor suffered greatly fromMatsuos behaviour and expressedhis sorrow in the celebrated verses : The plum - tree follows me through the and dried is the then the
. The pine-tree = Matsu : a drama, adapted from the Japanese, with an introductory causerie on the Japanese theatre. the chancellor theart of calligraphy, Ganzo opens aschool in the village, where theaction continues. Of Sugawara - no - Michizanesthree godsons Umeo followed himinto banishment, Sakumaru waskilled in defending his masterscause, while Matsuo remained inhis adversarys service. The fallenchancellor suffered greatly fromMatsuos behaviour and expressedhis sorrow in the celebrated verses : The plum - tree follows me through the and dried is the then the pine-tree so lofty and fairAlone be heartless and faithless to me ? — 68 — AND HIS PINE-TREE. the hint in these verses being clearenough. But the pine-tree wasnot faithless, and the subsequentscenes show how Matsuo remainedloyal. The choice of the theme ischaracteristic, for against a back-ground of truly Japanese treacheryand cruelty we see an act ofuncompromising fidelity to thecause of the liege-lord no less trulyJapanese, a fidelity that grudges nosacrifice, however immense, how-ever bitter it may
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