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Noh

Noh (能, Nō; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Japanese pronunciation: , Sino-Japanese for "ability") is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th…

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Medium
Dance-drama
Originating culture
Japan

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Jo-ha-kyū

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Noh

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Avg. degree1.99
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Noh

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related to Further reading · 123
Noh → Advanced Study, Aesthetics, An Anthology, Another Stage, Art, Arthur, Beng Choo Lim, Benito, Brandon, Brazell, Center, Character, Chifumi Shimazaki, Christina Laffin, Columbia University Press, Commentary, Cornell East Asia, Cornell East Asia Series, Cornell University, Culture
related to Theatre practitioners · 72
Noh → According, Alter, Barba, Barba's Theater Laboratory, Beckett's, Beckett's Waiting, Bertolt Brecht, Between, Brecht, Brecht's Der Jasager, Brook, Brook's, Christophe Colomb, Claudel's, Copeau, Deguchinashi, Die Massnahme, Eugene O'Neill, Eugenio Barba, French Ambassador
related to Composers · 55
Noh → According, Alan Watts, An English, Atsumori, Bell, Benjamin Britten, Britten, Byrne, Church Performance, Curlew River, David Byrne, Delusion, Electronic Music Foundation, Ethiopian, Fury, German, Greek, Harry Partch, Hatsuyuki, Iannis Xenakis
related to External links · 35
Noh → Age, Amherst College Archives, Art, Comprehensive Site, English Archived, Grandeur, Hachi-No-Ki, Hamilton Japanese Theater Papers, How, Ichyuu Terai, IconsPage, Japan Arts Council, Japanese Art, Japanese Text Initiative, Kyogen, Kyoto Japan, Noh Stories, Noh-masks, NohBuddhism, NohMomoyama
related to Aesthetic terminology · 22
Noh → Defined, Flower, Hana, In, Individual, Instructions, Japanese, Kabu-isshin, Kadensho, Kokoro, Monomane, Myō, Originally, Posture, Rō, Rōjaku, The, To, What, Yūgen
related to Existing Noh theatres · 22
Noh → Additionally, Each Noh, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Noh Theater, Hosho Noh Theater, In, Ishikawa Prefectural Noh Theater, Japan, Kai, Kanze Noh Theater, Kita Noh Theatre, Kongo Noh Theater, Kyoto, Nagoya Noh Theater, Nara, Nara Komparu Noh Theater, National Noh Theatre, Ogisai Kurokawa Noh, Public, Taka
related to Theme · 20
Noh → All Noh, Atsumori, Aya, Basho, Buddhist, Chikubushima, Kami, Katsura, Kinuta, Kiri Noh, Many, Matsukaze, Shura, Takasago, Tamura, The, There, These, This, Traditionally
related to Modern Noh after Meiji era · 17
Noh → Humanity, Important Intangible Cultural Property, In, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Japanese Government, Meiji, Meiji Restoration, Noh's, Nōgaku, Osaka, Representative List, Shortly, The, The National Noh Theatre, Tokugawa, Tokyo, UNESCO
related to The establishment of Noh by Kan'ami and Zeami Motokiyo · 15
Noh → Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Bishaō Gon, In, Kami, Kan'ami, Kan'ami Kiyotsugu, Konparu, Konparu Zenchiku, Muromachi, When Kan'ami, Yoshimitsu, Zeami, Zeami Motokiyo, Zeami's, Zeami's Noh
related to Poets · 13
Noh → As, At, Bones, Certain Noble Plays, England, Hawk's Well, Japan, Purgatory, The, The Dreaming, The Words, Window-Pane, Yeats

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NohMediumDance-drama1.00infobox
NohOriginating cultureJapan1.00infobox
Nohis aclassical tradition that is highly valued by many today0.90text
Nohis afan0.90text
Nohis achanted drama0.90text
ghostsinstance ofEmotions are primarily conveyed by stylized conventional gestures while the iconic masks represent specific roles0.80text
womeninstance ofEmotions are primarily conveyed by stylized conventional gestures while the iconic masks represent specific roles0.80text
deitiesinstance ofEmotions are primarily conveyed by stylized conventional gestures while the iconic masks represent specific roles0.80text
and demonsinstance ofEmotions are primarily conveyed by stylized conventional gestures while the iconic masks represent specific roles0.80text
Tokyoinstance ofperforming at theatres in major cities0.80text
Osaka.In 1957 the Japanese Government designated nōgaku as an Important Intangible Cultural Propertyinstance ofperforming at theatres in major cities0.80text
which affords a degree of legal protection to the tradition as well as its most accomplished practitionersinstance ofperforming at theatres in major cities0.80text

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