Experience Oyama Noh Kyogen! Watch and experience Noh and Kyogen performances at Isehara City Nogakuden

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A special performance of Oyama Noh "Kanze-ryu", which has been handed down as a ritual performing art with a tradition of over 300 years since the Edo period in Isehara, and Kyogen by the Okurayama head family, will be performed at the Nohgakuden of the Oyama Afuri Shrine Shrine Secretariat. Don't m...

Latest update : 2023.11.24

What is Noh?

It is a song and dance drama that is performed to the accompaniment of utai (songs and lines) and hayashi (musical instruments), and is characterized by the wearing of Noh masks. In addition to humans, the characters include gods, demons, monsters, ghosts, and other creatures that are not of this world, and they express their emotions through simple movements.

What is Kyogen?

It is a comedy centered on dialogue, depicting the daily life of common people in the Middle Ages. It is performed without putting on a mask and depicts the universal humor of human beings through laughter.

What are the highlights of the Oyama Noh play ``Funa Benkei'' scheduled for a special performance?

Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Shizuka Gozen, who everyone knows, will appear. A story centered around Benkei

The shite (main characters) before and after this song play completely different roles: a shirabyoshi and a vengeful spirit. It is a very dramatic piece with a lot of variety, with an elegant dance in the front part and a wild dance performed by wielding a naginata in the back part.

Also, the scene unfolds from the big fish's boat inn in Ura to the ocean, which is shown only with a fake boat, but the way he handles his pole after the storm starts, it's like you're actually seeing a raging sea. You can see the action.

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