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    Japanese Theatre: Kyogen

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    Noh was a spiritual drama performed for aristocrats focusing on mythology. Kyogen were short comic plays performed as interludes between Noh plays. Bunraku originated in the 16th century using 3-4 foot puppets manipulated by puppeteers in view of audiences. Kabuki combined music, drama and dance using period costumes and choreography.

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    Japanese Theatre: Kyogen

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    Noh was a spiritual drama performed for aristocrats focusing on mythology. Kyogen were short comic plays performed as interludes between Noh plays. Bunraku originated in the 16th century using 3-4 foot puppets manipulated by puppeteers in view of audiences. Kabuki combined music, drama and dance using period costumes and choreography.

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    Noh was a spiritual drama performed for aristocrats focusing on mythology. Kyogen were short comic plays performed as interludes between Noh plays. Bunraku originated in the 16th century using 3-4 foot puppets manipulated by puppeteers in view of audiences. Kabuki combined music, drama and dance using period costumes and choreography.

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    Noh was a spiritual drama performed for aristocrats focusing on mythology. Kyogen were short comic plays performed as interludes between Noh plays. Bunraku originated in the 16th century using 3-4 foot puppets manipulated by puppeteers in view of audiences. Kabuki combined music, drama and dance using period costumes and choreography.

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    YOSE

    KABUKI WESTERN PLAYS


    OLD NEW
    NOH JAPANESE THEATRE SHINPA

    KYOGEN SHOKEJIKO

    BUNRAKU

    NOH
    was a spiritual drama, combining symbolism from
    Buddhism and Shintoism and focusing on tales
    with mythic significance. Noh theatre was
    generally performed for the elite aristocratic class,

    Noh and kyōgen plays were performed together in series


    of nine, alternating between the two styles, with short
    kyōgen plays acting as interludes between the lengthy
    BUNRAKU Noh.
    bunraku began in the 16th century. Puppets and
    bunraku were used in Japanese theatre as early Both men and women were allowed to perform kyōgen
    as the Noh plays. Medieval records prove the use until 1430 :
    of puppets in Noh plays too. The puppets were 3–
    4 feet (0.91–1.22 m)-tall, and the dolls were KYOGEN
    manipulated by puppeteers in full view of the
    its comic partner, served as a link between the
    audience. The puppeteers controlling the legs and
    hands of the puppets are dressed entirely in
    OLD STYLE theological themes of the Noh play with the
    pedestrian world by use of theatrical farce and
    black, while the head puppeteer in contrast wears
    slapstick.
    a colourful costume. Music and chanting is a
    popular convention of bunraku, and the shamisen
    player is usually considered to be the leader of
    Izumo no Okuni is considered to have performed the first kabuki play on the dried-up
    the production. The shamisen player also has the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto in 1603. Like Noh, however, over time, kabuki
    shortest hair. developed heavily into a set art form, with importance given to preserving the integrity of
    certain plays, down to using the same costume designs used several centuries ago

    KABUKI
    combines music, drama, and dance, often using
    period-accurate costumes and intense
    choreography. Types of kabuki play include
    jidaimono (historical plays) and sewamono
    ("contemporary" plays), as well as shosagoto
    ("dance-drama") plays primarily focused around
    set dance pieces. Styles of kabuki performance
    include the aragoto ("rough style") and onnagata
    ("female style") styles.

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