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\nai<\/em>: ky\u014dgen actor who retells the plot during the interlude between the first and second acts of many noh plays
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\naioi<\/em>: term describing two distant pine trees in the noh play Takasago<\/em> as paired or even married
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\natarashii kankan<\/em>: \u201cnew sense-sense\u201d coined by the writer Ry\u00fctanji Y\u016b to describe the feeling of modanizumu<\/em> in Japan
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\nau<\/em>: noh songs in which the chant and drums are rhythmically matched
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\nawazu<\/em>: noh songs in which the chant and drums are rhythmically independent rather than matched
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\nAyame-kai<\/em>: international literary society which Noguchi Isamu founded to promote modernism in Japan
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\nbenshi <\/em>or katsuben<\/em>: the film narrator who stood or knelt to the left of the screen in full view of the audience and interpreted the film
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\nbud\u014d<\/em>: the samurai <\/em>warrior arts
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\nbunraku<\/em>: puppet theater
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\nbushido<\/em>: a term for the austere samurai<\/em> warrior code in Tokugawa Japan; also the title of an Edo period play reinterpreted by Ito Michio for the Washington Square Players
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\nbutoh<\/em>: a modern form of Japanese dance that features extreme tension throughout the body
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\nchado<\/em>: tea ceremony
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\nchigo<\/em>: adolescent acolytes of Buddhist priests
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\nChigo monogatari<\/em> (tales of acolytes): a popular literary form that emphasized a monk\u2019s physical and spiritual relationship with the chigo<\/em>
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\ndaimyo<\/em>: Japanese feudal lord
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\ndoji<\/em>: temple acolyte; the Cherry Sweeper in Tamura<\/em>
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\nDomonkai<\/em>: the school of modern dance Ito Michio founded in Japan
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\neboshi<\/em>: a formal Japanese hat
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\nfushi-zuke<\/em>: noh chant composition
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\nGagaku<\/em>: Japanese court music
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\ngiri<\/em>: ancient codes of honor followed by samurai <\/em>warriors
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\nhashigakari<\/em>: a bridgeway extending from the noh stage for the entrance of performers
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\nhashira<\/em>: the pillars in each of the four corners of the square noh stage
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\nhayashi<\/em>: noh orchestra
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\nhigashi<\/em>: decorated confectionery; often eaten during the Japanese tea ceremony
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\nhiranori<\/em>: one of the most common rhythmic structures in noh; the (usually) twelve syllables of poetry are distributed over an eight-beat rhythmic pattern
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\nhokubun<\/em>: a full-ranked performer of noh
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\nhosonuno<\/em>: a narrow cloth made of woven feathers that symbolizes unrequited love in Nishikigi<\/em>
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\niemoto<\/em>: leader or family head of the schools of Japanese performing arts
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\nissei<\/em>: a noh verse pattern typically sung during the entrance of the shite<\/em>
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\njidaigeki<\/em>: films about samurai of the Edo period
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\njiutai<\/em>: noh chorus of eight to ten performers who kneel stage left
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\nJiy\u016b Gekij\u014d<\/em>: Free Theater founded in 1909 for the purpose of staging western dramas
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\nkabuki<\/em>: Japanese dance-drama influenced by noh
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\nkagura<\/em>: sacred dance; performed in Takasago <\/em> to celebrate a perfect sovereign
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\nkakagoe<\/em>: drum calls performed by noh drummers
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\nkakeai<\/em>: noh dialogue or recitative sung in unmatched rhythm
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\nkakikurasu<\/em>: tormented\/darkened
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\nkamae<\/em>: posture or stance of the noh actor; pelvis tipped forward, knees bent, upper body strong
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\nkana<\/em>: Japanese written characters
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\nkata<\/em>: standard forms in Japanese arts; in noh, the gestural sequences and established drum patterns
\nkatazuke<\/em>: choreography
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\nKawanakajima<\/em>: location of the legendary battle of the Takeda and Uesugi samurai clans in 1561
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\nkenbu<\/em>: Japanese sword dance
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\nkensho<\/em>: the configuration of the noh auditorium with audience seating on three sides of the stage
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\nkiri<\/em>: in noh, the closing section of a play
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\nkitsune<\/em>: legendary Japanese fox
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\nkokata<\/em>: child actor in noh; the role of an emperor or highly ranked official is often performed by a kokata<\/em>
\nkoken<\/em>: stage assistants who kneel at the back of the noh stage
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\nkokorogake<\/em>: the \u201cmental attitude\u201d associated with the instruction in samurai warrior arts (bud\u014d<\/em>)
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\nkotsuzumi<\/em>: noh shoulder drum
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\nKuannon<\/em>: Sino-Japanese spirit of mercy
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\nkuden<\/em>: tradition
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\nkurogo<\/em>: \u201cman-in-black;\u201d a stage assistant who is considered \u201cinvisible\u201d in kabuki
\nkyakurai<\/em>: \u201cthe effect of doubling back\u201d; Zeami uses the term to refer to an enlightened return to the y\u016bgen <\/em>of boyhood
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\nky\u014dgen<\/em>: comedic plays, often staged as interludes between noh plays
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\nmai<\/em>: dance
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\nmie <\/em>or kimaru<\/em>: codified poses struck at emotional moments during a kabuki play
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\nMiho no Matsubara<\/em>:\u00a0 pine grove at Miho Bay; setting of Hagoromo<\/em>
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\nmo<\/em>: \u201cno or not\u201d
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\nmodanizumu<\/em>: movement advocating original artistic expression and a source of popular fashion in Japan in the early 1900\u2019s; term derived from modernism
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\nmond\u014d<\/em>: prose dialogue in noh
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\nmonoguruimono<\/em>: fourth category noh plays about mad people
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\nmontsuki<\/em>: formal Japanese attire, worn in informal noh performances
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\nMukei Bunkazai S\u014dg\u014d Shitei<\/em>: \u201cIntangible Cultural Property Holder\u201d
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\nmugen noh<\/em>: dream play
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\nnaga-bakama<\/em>: long trousers
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\nnaginata<\/em>: long blade; carried by the Young Man\/Cuchulain in Theatre Nohgaku\u2019s At the Hawk\u2019s Well<\/em>
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\nnanori<\/em>: a naming verse that introduces the noh character
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\nnatori<\/em>: stage title or name; surname is typically the name of the school
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\nnihon buyo<\/em>: traditional Japanese dance
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\nNihon N\u014dgakukai<\/em>: Japanese Noh Society
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\nNihon Puroretaria Geijutsu Renmei<\/em>: Japan League of Proletarian Arts
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\nnimaime:<\/em> \u201csecond\u201d performer in kabuki, typically a good-hearted but flawed romantic character
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\nNippon Gakujutsu Shink\u014dkai<\/em>: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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\nnishikigi<\/em>: \u201cbrocade trees\u201d or decorated sticks that serve as love charms
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\nn\u014dkan or fue<\/em>: noh flute in the orchestra or hayashi<\/em>
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\noi-matsu<\/em>: a large pine tree painted on the back wall of the theatre
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\nomiai<\/em>: traditional arranged meeting or marriage
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\n\u014dmugaeshi<\/em>: \u201cparrot-like repetition;\u201d imitative pedagogy used in noh lessons
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\nonna mai<\/em>: in nihon buyo, \u201cfemale dances\u201d
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\notoko mai<\/em>: in nihon buyo, \u201cmale dances\u201d
\n\u014dtsuzumi<\/em>: noh hip drum
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\n\u014dzay\u016b<\/em>: zigzag stepping pattern in noh
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\nrensageki<\/em>: chain dramas juxtaposing filmed kabuki scenes and live performance
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\nRy\u014dan-ji<\/em>: famous rock garden in Kyoto
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\nry\u016b<\/em>: schools or guilds (there are five in noh)
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\nsashi koye<\/em> (sashi-koe<\/em>): a \u201cflow-along tune;\u201d a type of noh sashi <\/em> sung in a smooth manner
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\nsay\u016b<\/em>: a common kata<\/em> for concluding a noh dance
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\nseiza<\/em>: kneeling with legs folded beneath your body and buns resting on heels
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\nsensei<\/em>: master or teacher
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\nsensu: <\/em>small folding fans
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\nseppuku(o)<\/em>: ritual death
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\nshigin<\/em>: style of reciting classical poems
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\nshikake-hiraki<\/em>: common noh kata; step forward with arm point then backward step as arms open
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\nshikisanban<\/em>: three rites; noh plays that are particularly sacred and traditionally require performers to engage in a period of \u201cpurification\u201d
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\nshiori<\/em>: weeping gesture in noh, hand moves toward eye
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\nshimai<\/em>: noh dance
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\nshingeki<\/em>: Japanese modern theater or \u201cnew drama\u201d
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\nShinkyo Gekidan<\/em>: New Cooperative Theater Company
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\nshite<\/em>: central actor or soloist in noh
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\nsh\u014ddan<\/em>: a sung verse pattern in noh
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\nsh\u014dshimingeki<\/em>: films about ordinary people in modern Japan
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\nshud\u014d<\/em>: \u201cthe way of (loving) youths\u201d (not to be misunderstood as a sexual identity)
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\nsh\u016bgen<\/em>: a \u201ccongratulatory play\u201d used at the beginning and end of the full noh sequence
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\nsuriashi<\/em>: noh walking technique; literally \u201csliding foot\u201d
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\ntaiko<\/em>: stick drum
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\ntaiyu<\/em>: master actor
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\ntanka<\/em>: Japanese poetic form similar to haiku<\/em> but with two additional lines of seven syllables
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\ntateyaku<\/em>: \u201cstanding role\u201d or leading man in a kabuki play
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\ntennin<\/em>: celestial spirit or angel; in Hagoromo<\/em>, the angel from the palace of the moon
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\nTessenkai<\/em>: a performance group with the Kanze <\/em>school of noh
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\nt\u014ditsu imeiji<\/em>: \u201cunifying image\u201d
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\nTokugawa bakufu<\/em>: rulers during the Edo period (1600-1867)
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\nTsukiji Sh\u014dgekijo<\/em>: or Tsukiji Little Theater; often cited as \u201cJapan\u2019s First Modern Theater\u201d
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\ntsukizerifu<\/em>: a noh verse announcing \u201cwe have arrived\u201d
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\ntsukurimono<\/em>: literally \u201cbuilt thing;\u201d stage properties in noh
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\ntsure<\/em>: companion
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\nukiyoe<\/em>: Japanese wood prints
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\nutaibon<\/em>: books for chanting noh text or libretto
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\nutai<\/em>: noh chant
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\nwagashi<\/em>: delicate confectionary traditionally served with tea
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\nwakashu<\/em>: the apprentices of samurai<\/em>\/nenja<\/em>
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\nwaki<\/em>: the watcher or witness role in noh; often a traveling monk
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\nwakizure<\/em>: companion of the waki<\/em>
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\ny\u016bgen<\/em>: the profound, mysterious, and elegant beauty associated with noh
\nZ\u014d-onna<\/em> mask: worn by young women and divinities in noh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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