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Title:Musume-Doujouji(After the TV series end, Alto returns to a Kabuki actor.)
Alto danced a splendid female-impersonator program, Kyou-Kanoko-Musume-Doujouji. He fluttered the sleeve of gold and red of kimono gorgeously.
Sheryl admired the dance.
"Wonderful. This is way over my expectation!"
Alto walked down the stage and put one arm on the waist, looking annoyed.
"Was it that funny?"
"It's a complement. You looked like a real woman."
Sheryl smiled.
"That is called killing body."
"Kill?"
Alto turned the front of the body to Sheryl.
"Tilting shoulder like this."
Alto moved both shoulders back-downward, flatten them a bit. he said,
"This makes my shoulder looks narrower, creating an image of a woman."
Alto put off the front of his body from the direction where Sheryl was.
"What an amazing traditional technique."
Sheryl walked around Alto. She stretched herself and stared at Alto closely.
Alto was charmed by the eyes of Sheryl that twinkled with curiosity.
She said.
"Your makeup is wonderful and exotic, too."
"Do you want to try it?"
"Oh?"
"Kabuki makeup"
"Can I?"
"The Kabuki actor does make up by himself. Come to the dressing room."
"What a surprise."
Sheryl sat down in front of a mirror in the dressing room.
Alto removed Sheryl's makeup skillfully. He was still wearing the female kimono.
He said.
"I rarely do such service. Be thankful then."
"I thank you very very very much! Alto"
"You don't sound sincere at all."
Alto applied face powder on to Sheryl's face, while chatting with her. Her soft and smooth skin was the best for putting on make up.
"It's kind of heavy, Alto."
"It is the make up from the times when only candles were used as Kabuki stage lighting. Quiet down a little bit. Close your eyes."
Alto put pink shadow on Sheryl's eyelids and the ridge of the nose by a brush. His finger brushed rouge on her lower eyelid and lip.
"Here you go."
Sheryl opened her eyes slowly.
"Wow."
Sheryl stared at hers reflection in the mirror. She looked at it from different angle, checking the finish of the makeup.
Sheryl, who has European looking, was now an oriental beauty.
"The finish is good. This makeup may be usable as an album jacket."
"You are workaholic."
Alto stared at Sheryl from the side.
"Invite me as a makeup artist if you really photograph an album jacket then."
"I'll guarantee you a good pay."
Sheryl watched Alto wiping off the rouge which stuck to a finger. She was suddenly conscious of her lips.
Alto touched her lips.
She traced a lip with her fingers. Some bright rouge came off and got on to her finger-tip.
"Alto, it came off, fix it for me."
"Already?"
Alto spread the rouge using a forefinger.
Sheryl looked into the mirror.
In the mirror, a bewitching woman was teaching a young girl how to do makeup.
Alto danced a splendid female-impersonator program, Kyou-Kanoko-Musume-Doujouji. He fluttered the sleeve of gold and red of kimono gorgeously.
Sheryl admired the dance.
"Wonderful. This is way over my expectation!"
Alto walked down the stage and put one arm on the waist, looking annoyed.
"Was it that funny?"
"It's a complement. You looked like a real woman."
Sheryl smiled.
"That is called killing body."
"Kill?"
Alto turned the front of the body to Sheryl.
"Tilting shoulder like this."
Alto moved both shoulders back-downward, flatten them a bit. he said,
"This makes my shoulder looks narrower, creating an image of a woman."
Alto put off the front of his body from the direction where Sheryl was.
"What an amazing traditional technique."
Sheryl walked around Alto. She stretched herself and stared at Alto closely.
Alto was charmed by the eyes of Sheryl that twinkled with curiosity.
She said.
"Your makeup is wonderful and exotic, too."
"Do you want to try it?"
"Oh?"
"Kabuki makeup"
"Can I?"
"The Kabuki actor does make up by himself. Come to the dressing room."
"What a surprise."
Sheryl sat down in front of a mirror in the dressing room.
Alto removed Sheryl's makeup skillfully. He was still wearing the female kimono.
He said.
"I rarely do such service. Be thankful then."
"I thank you very very very much! Alto"
"You don't sound sincere at all."
Alto applied face powder on to Sheryl's face, while chatting with her. Her soft and smooth skin was the best for putting on make up.
"It's kind of heavy, Alto."
"It is the make up from the times when only candles were used as Kabuki stage lighting. Quiet down a little bit. Close your eyes."
Alto put pink shadow on Sheryl's eyelids and the ridge of the nose by a brush. His finger brushed rouge on her lower eyelid and lip.
"Here you go."
Sheryl opened her eyes slowly.
"Wow."
Sheryl stared at hers reflection in the mirror. She looked at it from different angle, checking the finish of the makeup.
Sheryl, who has European looking, was now an oriental beauty.
"The finish is good. This makeup may be usable as an album jacket."
"You are workaholic."
Alto stared at Sheryl from the side.
"Invite me as a makeup artist if you really photograph an album jacket then."
"I'll guarantee you a good pay."
Sheryl watched Alto wiping off the rouge which stuck to a finger. She was suddenly conscious of her lips.
Alto touched her lips.
She traced a lip with her fingers. Some bright rouge came off and got on to her finger-tip.
"Alto, it came off, fix it for me."
"Already?"
Alto spread the rouge using a forefinger.
Sheryl looked into the mirror.
In the mirror, a bewitching woman was teaching a young girl how to do makeup.
★あとがき★
貴絲さんのご協力を得て、チェックしてもらった英訳バージョンです。
お住まいになっているカナダに向かって、三跪九叩頭して感謝の意を表します。
何事も、やってみるもんだなぁ。
The follows are machine translated version.
Alto dances with a splendid female-impersonator program is Kyou-Kanoko-Musume-Doujouji. Alto flutters gold and red the sleeve of kimono gorgeously.
Sheryl admired the dance.
"Wonderful. Alto is a lump of the unexpected."
Alto goes down the stage and puts a hand on the waist with having worn stage costume.
"Is anything funny?"
"I praise you. You seem to be a true woman."
Sheryl smiled.
"I killed my body."
"Kill?"
Alto turned the front of the body to Sheryl.
"Shoulder."
Alto moved both shoulders back-downword, he says.
"I show my shoulder slanted like a woman."
Alto put off the front of his body from the direction where Sheryl was.
"I feign width of my shoulders to be it narrowly."
"The technique how it is traditional."
Sheryl goes around it around Alto. Sheryl stretches herself and stares at the face of Alto close.
Alto is charmed eyes of Sheryl glittering in the curiosity.
She says.
"Your makeup is wonderful with exotic, too."
"Do you try it?"
"Oh?"
"Kabuki makeup"
"Can you?"
"The Kabuki actor applies makesup by himself. Come to the dressing room."
"It is really unexpected."
Sheryl sits down before a mirror in the dressing room.
Alto removes Sheryl's makeup with a practiced hand. He is still wearing the female kimono.
He says.
"I rarely do such service. Thank me"
"I thank you very very very much!"
"Your words are not full of true heart."
Alto is putting on Sheryl with face powder while saying a joke.
"I feel it heavily, Alto."
"It is the make of the times when only candles were Kabuki stage lighting. Fall silent a little. Close your eyes."
Alto puts pinkness on Sheryl's eyelids and the ridge of the nose by a brush. His finger brushed rouge on her lower eyelid and lip.
"It is completed."
Sheryl founded eyelids slowly.
"Wow."
Sheryl stares at herself who was reflected in the mirror. She changes the angle of the face and checks the finish of the makeup.
The face of Sheryl changed to a beautiful woman of the orientalism.
"The finish is good. This makeup may be usable as an album jacket."
"You are workaholic."
Alto stares at the profile of Sheryl.
"Invite me as a makeup artist if you really photograph an album jacket."
"Your guarantee will become large."
Sheryl looks Alto is wiping off the rouge which stuck to a finger. She is conscious of her lip.
Alto touched her lip.
She traced a lip with her fingers. Bright rouge sticks to the finger-tip.
"Alto, touch up my lip."
"Ok."
Alto catches rouge by a forefinger.
Sheryl watches a mirror.
In the mirror, a bewitching woman teaches makeup to a girl.
The follows are the originals before translation.
艶麗な女形姿で京鹿子娘道成寺を舞うアルト。
感嘆するシェリル。
「なかなかやるじゃない。アルトは意外性のカタマリね」
舞台を降りたアルトが艶姿のまま肩を怒らせて、腰に手をあてた。
「なんだよ、その言い方。悪いかよ」
「誉めてるのよ」
シェリルは目を細めた。
「舞台の上では体つきまで違うみたい。本当の女の人みたいだったわ」
「ああ、これは"体を殺して"いるんだ」
「…殺す？」
アルトはシェリルに体の正面を向けた。
「肩を、こうして」
ストンと両肩を後ろに落とす。
「撫で肩に見せるんだ。それから」
シェリルに向かって半身に構える。
「こうして、肩幅を狭く見せて女のシルエットを作る」
「すごーい。伝統のテクニックなのね」
きらびやかな衣装をまとったアルトの周りを一周するシェリル。
最後に伸びあがって、アルトの顔を息がかかるほどの近さで見つめる。
好奇心にきらめくシェリルの瞳に吸い込まれるように見つめ返すアルト。
「メイクもエキゾチックで素敵だわ」
「試してみるか？」
「え？」
「化粧」
「できるの？」
「歌舞伎の役者は自分でするんだ。楽屋に来いよ」
「ホントに意外だわ、ふふっ」
楽屋で鏡の前に座るシェリル。ヘアバンドで髪をまとめ、額を出している。
慣れた手つきで、シェリルのメイクを落とすアルト。
かぶり物は外して、袖をたくしあげているが、女形姿のままだ。
「こんなサービス滅多にしないからな、感謝しろよ」
「はいはい、ありがとうアルト」
「感謝の心がこもってない」
軽口を叩きながらも、シェリルの顔に白粉をのばしてゆく。
きめ細かな肌は、化粧ののりが良い。
「顔が重いわ」
「舞台照明がロウソクしか無かった時代のメイクだからな。…ちょっとだけ黙ってろ。目、閉じて」
筆で瞼や鼻筋にピンク色を乗せる。アルトの指が、眼尻や唇に紅を刷いた。
「これで完成」
シェリルはゆっくり瞼を開いた。
「わぁ」
正面から自分の顔を見つめ、続いて、左右に顔を傾けたり、首を振ってアングルを変える。
白人系の要素が強いシェリルの顔が、東洋の美女に変化している。
「いいわね……ジャケットに使えるかも」
「仕事熱心だな」
シェリルの横顔を見つめるアルト。
「もし、本当に撮影するんなら、メイクアップアーティストとして呼んでもらおうか」
「ギャラは弾んであげる」
振り返るシェリル。アルトが指についた紅を拭き取っているのを見て、ふと唇を意識した。
ここにアルトの指が触れた。
自分の指で唇をなぞってみる。指先に紅がついてしまった。
「ね、アルト。口紅がとれてしまったわ。直して」
「もうとれたのかよ」
アルトは人差し指で紅をすくいとり、シェリルの口紅を引きなおす。
鏡の中の光景は、臈長（ろうた）けた美女が少女に化粧の手ほどきをしているかのよう。
シェリルはうっすらと瞼を開いて、その様子を盗み見た。
2009.01.10 ▲
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