Slide 1The Roots of Noh:Shogunal Patronage: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)Zeami’s NohThe Tokugawa Period: CanonizationThe Five CategoriesTypes of NohConventions of the Noh: The PlayersThe instruments: Taiko, O-tsuzumi, Ko-tsuzumi, FueThe StageMasksSlide 12Slide 13CostumesKyogen (comic plays)Japan’s ClassicsSlide 17Slide 18AtsumoriSlide 20Slide 21Reading a Noh playThe Noh Theater of JapanThe Roots of Noh: •Kan’ami (1333-1384)•Zeami (1363?-1443?)–Sarugaku (dengaku, kusemai)Shogunal Patronage: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)Zeami’s NohAdaptation of the classics:Tale of GenjiTale of HeikeThe Tokugawa Period:Canonization•Repertoire reduced to ca. 250 plays•Speed slows dramatically•Establishment of 5 Categories•Fixing of 5-Play ProgramThe Five Categories•Kami noh; waki noh (god, deity)•Shura (warriors)•Katsura (beautiful woman)•Zatsu noh (various; sometimes a woman)•Kiri noh (supernatural beings, monsters)Types of Noh•Mugen / dream•Genzai / realistic, real-timeConventions of the Noh:The Players•Shite •Waki•TsureThe instruments:Taiko, O-tsuzumi, Ko-tsuzumi, FueThe StageMasksCostumesKyogen (comic plays)Japan’s Classics•Tale of Genji•Tale of the Heike•Adaptation, transformation, telling of new storyScenes from Aoi no ue, based on Genji(Rokujo’s possession of Aoi)•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o--VbWf6M0cAtsumori•Based on Tale of the Heike episodeReading a Noh play•What kind of noh is it?•To which category does it belong?•Where and when is the play set?•Who are the characters?•What is the basis for the story? How is the story transformed in the noh?•What image patterns are used in the noh, and
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