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A group piece presented at the Kazuo Ohno's Modern Dance Group Recital held in November 1953. According to the program （PNT62 in this archive）, the piece “depicts the disjunction between a spirit of the apple—who knows nothing of the conventions of the human world—and humans, by introducing the apple spirit into the human world and, in turn, placing humans within the world of apples.” Although not a stage photograph, an image of the work survives.

Cast:
Farmer: Kunihiko Fujii
Crows and the Poor: Toko Yakoh, Kiyoko Osawa*, Yayoi Sugisaki*, Noriko Tomizawa*
Lady: Michie Kajigaya
Old Apple Seller: Shinji Kobayashi
Spirit of the Apple: Kazuo Ohno
Apples: Teruko Araki*, Keiko Yamamoto*, Miho Tanaka*, Keiko Tomita*, Kuniko Matsutoya, Setsuko Sawa*
(Names marked with an asterisk have unconfirmed readings.)

Structure:
Scene 1: Crows and the Farmer
Scene 2: Apple Sale
Scene 3: In the World of Apple