performing arts
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nô 能

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Nô, the stylized classic drama of Japan, developed in the Muromachi period (1338-1573) using music, dancing, chanting, elaborate costumes and themes from religious stories or myths. The playwrights and actors Kan'ami (1333–1384) and his son Zeami (1363–1443)  transformed sarugaku into nô basically in the same way as it is still performed today.

nô masks
能面 nômen
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赤般若 aka-hannya
nô / performing arts
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nô poster
nô / performing arts
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小面 ko-omote
nô / performing arts

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邯 鄲男 kantan-otoko
"man from Kantan"- Edo-Zeit (17.-18.Jh.)
nô / performing arts
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姥 uba
"old woman" - Edo-Zeit (19. Jh.)
nô / performing arts
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 小じょう  kojô
Edo-Zeit (18. Jh.)
nô / performing arts

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痩男 yase-otoko
"thin man"
nô / performing arts
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熊坂 kumasaka
thief Kumasaka no Chôhan
nô / performing arts
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天神 tenjin
spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
nô / performing arts

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 小天神 kotenjin
spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
nô / performing arts
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顰 shigami
devil
nô / performing arts
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孫次郎 magojirô
"second grandchild" (?)
nô / performing arts

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mask of Hôjô Ujimasa
head of the clan and daimyo of Odawara
nô / performing arts
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mask of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
nô / performing arts

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神体 shintai
nô / performing arts
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Maske shintai in ema = Votivtafel  (2)
nô / performing arts
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Maske shintai in ema  (3)
nô / performing arts

nô plays
能楽 nôgaku

koi-no-omini = Die Last der Liebe
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ghost in koi-no-omini
nô / performing arts

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lady-in-waiting in koi-no-omini
nô / performing arts
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koi-no-omini  (2)
nô / performing arts
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lady-in-waiting in koi-no-omini  (3)
nô / performing arts

okina = the wise man
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old man in Okina = "the wise man"
nô / performing arts
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old man in Okina  (2)
nô / performing arts

ema = votive tablet
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mask shintai in ema = votive tablet
nô / performing arts

Adachigahara
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demoness wearing hannya mask in Adachigahara
nô / performing arts

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demoness in Adachigahara  (2)
nô / performing arts
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demoness in Adachigahara  (3)
nô / performing arts

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demoness in Adachigahara  (4)
nô / performing arts

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old woman in Adachigahara
nô / performing arts

Sumidagawa = Sumida River
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confused woman in Sumidagawa
"Sumida River"
nô / performing arts

nô doll
能人 形 nô-ningyô

see also
doll / arts and crafts
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shakkyô - dance of two lions
nô / performing arts
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dancing mythical figure shôjô
nô / performing arts
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shakkyô - dance of two lions  (2)
nô / performing arts

nô stage
能舞 台 nôbudai
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya City
nô / performing arts
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (2)
nô / performing arts
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (3)
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (4)
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (5)
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (6)
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (7)
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (8)
nô / performing arts
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (9)
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nô stage - nô theater / Nagoya  (10)
nô / performing arts

takigi nô 薪能
nô performance under the evening sky in the glow of a fire
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poster: Takigi-Nô in Kyôto
nô / performing arts
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poster Takigi-Nô  (2)
nô / performing arts
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poster Takigi-Nô  (3)
nô / performing arts

nô stage - outside
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Itsukushima-jinja shrine - Miyajima
nô / performing arts

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Chûson-ji temple - Hiraizumi City
nô / performing arts
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Chûson-ji - Hiraizumi  (2)
nô / performing arts

nô theater (building)
能楽堂 nôgakudô
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Nô National Theater - Tôkyô City
nô / performing arts
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Nô National Theater - Tôkyô  (2)
nô / performing arts