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Michiyuki (literally "way-walking") are short scenes in No and Kyogen which describe the places a traveler sees along the road. Most No and Kyogen begin with a michiyuki of the waki-deuteragonist. In some plays, michiyuki of the shite-protagonist are inserted. Michiyuki of Kyogen are extremely short. The actor walks talking and gesticulating around the stage and arrives in a moment at his destination. Michiyuki of No are more detailed and refined : 1. Michiyuki of royal messengers, who are on important errands and cannot lose time on sightseeing. 2. The mada-mizu ("I did not see yet") -michiyuki of itinerant Buddhist priests, who walk leisurely along the major highways and enjoy the sights. Accidentally they reach the place where the main plot of the play unfolds. 3. Michiyuki of yamabushi-mountain priests, who descend from sacred mountains after austere ascetic training and are filled with supernatural power. 4. Michiyuki across the dimensions of time and space : A priest riding a broken carriage crosses in an instant mountains and valleys. A boy falls asleep on a magic pillow. In a short dream he reigns a kingdom for fifty years. An ageless yamamba-mountain witch wanders restlessly through the mountains of the world. A killed chimera monster that was thrown into a river returns in a boat from the underworld and asks an itinerant priest to pray for its salvation. A courtier of bygone days displays in a dance the splendor he had enjoyed in the heyday of life. Dancing he vanishes in the moonshine.