Background to Noh-KyogenElements of Noh-KyogenAnnouncing Noh Training Programs NOH Noh is a classical Japanese performance form which combines elements of dance, drama, music and poetry into one highly aesthetic stage art. Largely based in the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, it is performed throughout the country by professional artists, mainly men, who have passed down the art among family members for numerous generations. There is also a wide following of both male ...

KABUKI: Traditional Theatrical Arts I. Background Kabuki is one of Japan's traditional theatrical arts. Its inception goes back to the latter part of the 16th century and, with extensive and continuous evolution, it has now been perfected into a state of classical refinement. Though not as flourishing as it once was, the kabuki theater retains a wide popularity among the people, and is in fact drawing quite large audiences even now. During the period generally referred to as the Edo Era, duri ...

Help Status info Japan, Music, Internet & Computer Traditional Performing Arts in Japan This page is based on Japan: A Pocket Guide, 1996 Edition (Foreign Press Center) [ Performing art ] [ Fine art ] [ Literature ] Classical Theater Noh Noh drama was perfected in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, who refined the rustic mimetic art known as sarugaku. Noh received a great impetus under the patronage of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (shogun ...