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Traditional Japanese theatre is among the oldest theatre traditions in the world. Traditional theatre includes Noh, a spiritual drama, and its comic accompaniment kyōgen; kabuki, a dance and music theatrical tradition; bunraku, puppetry; and yose, a spoken drama. Modern Japanese theatre includes shingeki (experimental Western-style theatre ...
Japan portal; Theatre of Japan; Glossary of Japanese theater; Kanteiryū, a lettering style invented to advertise kabuki and other theatrical performances; Kyōgen, a traditional form of Japanese comic theatre that influenced the development of kabuki; Oshiguma, an imprint of the face make-up of kabuki actors, as artwork and souvenir
Noh (能, Nō, derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent") is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. . It is the oldest major theater art that is still regularly performed today.
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University is a university museum devoted to the history of drama, with facilities used for cultural performances from all over the world. The museum was named for Tsubouchi Shōyō , a famous writer known for his work with theater and translation of the collected works of Shakespeare into Japanese.
Shingeki (新劇, literally "new drama") was a leading form of theatre in Japan that was based on modern realism.Born in the early years of the 20th century, it sought to be similar to modern Western theatre, putting on the works of the ancient Greek classics, William Shakespeare, Molière, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekov, Tennessee Williams, and so forth.
Okuni Kabuki-zu Byōbu, a six-panel canvas from the 17th century, is the oldest known painting featuring Izumo no Okuni (pictured onstage, third panel from left).. Around 1603, Okuni began performing on the dry riverbed of the Shijōgawara (Fourth Street Dry Riverbed) of the Kamo River [5] and at Kitano Shrine. [6]
Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died. The playwright ...
Kyōgen (狂言, "mad words" or "wild speech") is a form of traditional Japanese comic theater.It developed alongside Noh, was performed along with Noh as an intermission of sorts between Noh acts on the same stage, and retains close links to Noh in the modern day; therefore, it is sometimes designated Noh-kyōgen.