Last Updated: 28.02.2024

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FEATURE

• Introducing the world of Noh
• What is “Noh”?
• For Noh Beginners
• Origins and history
• Composition of Noh
• Shite-kata
• Other Roles
• Stage
• Noh Masks
• Props
• Vocal
• Music
• Noh Dance
• Movement Patterns
• Costumes
• What is “Kyōgen”?　

• The words of Zeami
• His dramatic life
• Establishing the Noh brand
• Seven stages of life
• Zeami's words for businesspeople

• Noh and international cultural exchange
• [1] History of the introduction of Noh
• [2] First Missionary Encounter with Noh
• [3] General Grant's High Praise Supported Noh
• [4] A Brilliant Role in Meiji Diplomacy
• [5] Chamberlain,
  A Pioneer in the English Translation and Introduction of Meiji-Era Noh
• [6] The Legacy of Ernest Satow – Basil Hall Chamberlain 2

• Trivia – Question and Answer

DATABASE

• Plays
• PhotoStory
• Noh chant StoryPaper　FlashPaper
• Noh Masks
• Noh Terminology
• Noh Theatre Map

PEOPLE

• People behind the scenes
• photographer TOSHIRO MORITA interview
• professor HARUO NISHINO interview
• director of the National Noh Theatre HIDEYA KAWAI interview
• writer/bibliographer NOZOMU HAYASHI interview
• president, Hinoki publishing. TSUNEMASA HINOKI interview
• president, Miyamoto Unosuke Co., Ltd. UNOSUKE MIYAMOTO interview
• noh costume maker YASUJIRŌ YAMAGUCHI interview
• tomatsuya fukui senpo president YOSHIHIDE FUKUI interview
• Hazama Corporation Ltd.'s Former Site Director for the National Noh Theatre Construction Project
  SHIGERU KOBAYASHI interview
• Writer/Tendai Buddhist Nun JAKUCHO SETOUCHI interview
  Jakucho on the Modern Noh Play Yume no Ukihashi (Poster designed by Tadanori Yokoo)
• Professor of Musashino University/Artistic Director of Theatre Nohgaku
  RICHARD EMMERT interview
• Noh Mask Master KOICHI TAKATSU interview
• Announcer / Commentator on Japanese Classical Performing Arts
  SEIJI KASAI interview
• Noh Talk
• KIYOKAZU KANZE, 26th Grand Master of the Kanze School
• Lead Actor of the Kanze School, GENSHO UMEWAKA, Head of the Rokuro Umewaka Family.
• HISANORI KONGŌ, the 26th-generation head of the Kongō school of shite-kata
• Kanze school shite-kata Noh actor, TETSUNOJŌ KANZE IX
• KAZUFUSA HOSHO, 20th Grand Master of the Hosho School
• Great Masters
• Minoru Umewaka
• Banma Sakurama
• Kuroutomoharu Hosho
• Kongoh Tadaichi
• Kita Roppeita XIV
• Shinsaku Hōshō
• Kingo Misu
• Essay: “Noh and Me”
• Toshiki Komazawa (Writer)
• Michihiko Sato (Illustrator)
• Tamao Ariyoshi (Writer)
• Minako Narita (Manga Artist)
• Haruna Ikezawa (Voice actor, Essayist)

INFORMATION

• Performance Schedule　only in Japanese
• Credits, Terms of Use
• Sponsorship

• Contact
• Update History

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