{"id":1687,"date":"2017-11-14T22:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1687-busu-the-damask-drum.html"},"modified":"2017-11-14T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:24:15","slug":"busu-the-damask-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1687-busu-the-damask-drum.html","title":{"rendered":"Busu &#038; The Damask Drum"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 --><a href=\"\/serendipity\/\" title=\"Robert&apos;s Ramblings\"><!-- s9ymdb:2327 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1519-_MG_9586.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBusu and the Damask Drum was yet another Edinburgh Fringe performance inspired by classic Japanese theater combining ideas from two distinct and important plays from Japan&#8217;s cultural history.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nExploring these two stories has given me glimpse into a world so alien to mine and yet so comfortingly similar. The &#8216;Damask Drum&#8217; in particular explores unrequited love through a tragic ghost story, exploring the moral implications and perhaps the responsibilities of both protagonists.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNow I am wishing I had actually seen the performance rather than this brief moment on the street.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNext year?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPhoto: Robert Rath, &#8216;Busu &amp; The Damask Drum&#8217;, 1\/160s f\/3.2 ISO100 100mm<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busu and the Damask Drum was yet another Edinburgh Fringe performance inspired by classic Japanese theater combining ideas from two distinct and important plays from Japan&#8217;s cultural history. Exploring these two stories has given me glimpse into a world so alien to mine and yet so comfortingly similar. The &#8216;Damask Drum&#8217; in particular explores unrequited &#8230; <a title=\"Busu &#038; The Damask Drum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1687-busu-the-damask-drum.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Busu &#038; The Damask Drum\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}