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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. Developed by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, it is the oldest major theater art that is still regularly performed today. [ 1 ]
Kabuki (歌舞伎) is a classical Japanese dance - drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean 'sing' (歌), 'dance' (舞), and 'skill' (伎). Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as 'the art of singing ...
Kabuki. The July 1858 production of Shibaraku at the Ichimura-za theater theatre in Edo. Triptych woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III. Onoe Kikugorō VI as Umeō-maru in Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami. Kabuki (歌舞伎, かぶき) is a classical form of Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with traditional dance.
Musume Dōjōji. Kyōganoko Musume Dōjōji (京鹿子娘道成寺), commonly called Musume Dōjōji (娘道成寺, " The Maiden at Dojoji Temple "), is a kabuki dance drama. [1] It is the oldest surviving Noh -based Kabuki dance drama, which tells the story of a maiden who dances before a bell in the Dōjō-ji temple and then reveals herself ...
Shosagoto (所作事) or furigoto (振事), also known as dance or dance-drama, is a type of kabuki play based on dance. [1] It is one of the three genres of kabuki, together with jidaimono (historical plays) and sewamono (contemporary plays). A central element of kabuki since its origin in 1603, shosagoto plays became an important part of the ...
Bugaku (舞楽, court dance and music[1]) is a Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites, mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. In this way, it has been known only to the nobility, although after World War II, the dance was opened to the public and has even toured around the world in 1959.
Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form ...
2008 (3rd session) List. Representative. Nōgaku (能楽) is one of the traditional styles of Japanese theater. It is composed of the lyric drama noh, and the comic theater kyōgen (狂言). Traditionally, both types of theatre are performed together, the kyōgen being interposed between the pieces of noh during a day of performances. [1]