Random Noh Plays (292 items)report

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First published in 1921, the Japanese noh play gained fame for three quarters of a century and established beautiful literature for Western readers. It contains translations of nineteen plays and abstracts of more than sixteen. Noh Plays is primarily about fictional stories, especially the horror and mystery of Karma, much of it inspired by the The Tale of Genji, and then the return to Buddhism.

Although Noh Plays’ words do represent only one aspect of this extraordinary holistic dramatic art, in these elegant and noble Plays of the soul, the words the actors sing, sing and speak contain some of the most beautiful, an evocative poetic achievement in the history of Japanese drama. The random tool generates 292 famous Japanese actors who specialize in performing Noh Plays, including details about the theater they belong to, the name of the play, the time and the director. If you’re interested in Japanese art, it’s a good place to start by getting to know Noh Plays.

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