Noh theater is a Japanese cultural expression that originated in the 14th and 15th centuries under the patronage of samurai rulers. With few actors, minimal set design, rich costumes, and sophisticated masks, Noh theater creates an atmosphere of mystery in which dramas of universal value are performed. Matsukaze is the most poetic of all Zeami's works. The drama unfolds on Suma Beach, where the nobleman Ariwara no Yukihira (818-893) was exiled for three years, during which he fell in love with two humble salt workers who always held onto the hope of a reunion. With immense evocative power, Matsukaze is both a poem and an incantation, a meticulous homage to melancholy.