#noh — Public Fediverse posts

Wooden Noh (theater) mask, Japan, 17th century AD

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2146804/wooden-noh-theater-mask-japan-17th-century-ad

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/903234/ 第57回　#東通村郷土芸能保存連合会 発表会 2026.1.10 その14　（鐘巻 /尻労後援会） #東通村 #郷土芸能 #下北 #shimokita #神楽 #能 #noh ##こんざーぎ ##こんざーぎのブログ #Aomori #dance #drum #Festival #flute #Higashidoori #japan #memory #noh #Scenery #sightseeing #sound #soundofthefestival #tradetionalperformance #travel #イベント #まつり #下北 #伝統芸能 #囃子 #太鼓 #尻労後援会 #思い出 #旅 #日本 #東通 #東通村 #東通村郷土芸能保存会連合会 #祭 #笛 #能舞 #観光 #郷土芸能 #鐘巻 #青森 #青森ツアー #青森県 #青森県ツアー #青森県観光 #青森観光 #風景

Slow, stylized movement is central to noh theater — but at Tokyo’s Suigian, the ancient art form is finding new rhythms after dark. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/24/stage/tokyo-noh-theater-unique-experience/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #noh #theater #techno #suigian #performingarts #kenishii #djkrush #manjirotatsumi

Kabuki found new fans, noh went techno and opera sang in multiple languages as Japan’s performing arts scene spent 2025 pushing beyond tradition and toward inclusivity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/19/stage/japan-theater-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #2025inreview #kabuki #noh #bunraku #butoh #ballet #kballet #newnationaltheatretokyo #performingarts #theater

The culture ministry said it would recommend “Fushikaden,” noh master Zeami’s 15th-century treatise on traditional Japanese theater, for inscription on UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/zeami-unesco-recommendation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #zeami #fushikaden #noh #unesco #culturalaffairsagency #un

Japan’s treasured traditional arts face a widening gap between aging masters and too few successors, forcing the country to rethink how it preserves, modernizes and sustains its cultural heritage for the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/19/japan/japans-aging-cultural-heritage-guardians/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #artists #aging #nationaltreasures #lacquerware #noh #kabuki #teaceremony

Step into the world of noh — where every mask, movement and word carries centuries of meaning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/06/language/japanese-theater-language-noh/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #noh #theater

Maria Seiren, the first-ever winner of talent show competition “Japan’s Got Talent,” has what she calls “ambivoce,” a dual voice that can hit high and low notes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/28/stage/maria-seiren-japan-opera/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #mariaseiren #japan039sgottalent #noh #opera

the first album has been on repeat for the last couple weeks. now is the second part #nowPlaying

Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijō-jima – #seanWolcott

> Delivering an earth-shattering dose of psychedelic #jazz-funk, jidaigeki, and haunted exploitation score, it fuses traditional #Japanese instrument masters— #shakuhachi, #koto, #shinobue, #taiko, and #Noh—with neck-snapping grooves, fuzzed-out psych, ritual drums, soaring horns, and soul-drenched ballads.

https://seanwolcott.bandcamp.com/album/lady-swordfighter-escape-from-hachij-jima

Noh and kabuki are teaming up with pop culture figures such as Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku for a kabuki show at the Osaka Expo and DJ Ken Ishii for Technoh Lab night at Suigian restaurant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/17/stage/kabuki-modern-hatsune-miku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #kabuki #noh #theater #hatsunemiku #shochiku #nakamurashido #kenishii #manjirotatsumi #umewakanoh

A #salamander considering whether or not they should get out of their hibernation cubbyhole.
#converging #amphibians #noh #Brussels
@constant

Don Kenny, a translator and performer of a traditional form of Japanese comedic theater called kyogen, died at 88. He leaves behind a wealth of English-language knowledge on the art form. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2024/11/14/our-lives/kyogen-don-kenny-obituary-japan/ #community #ourlives #kyogen #obituary #donkenny #theater #noh

😈TEAHOUSE TERROR🎃

Come for the tea......stay forever!😱

Happy Halloween! (ハッピーハロウィン)!🎉💀🪦🍬🍭
Don't have nightmares tonight😉

#Halloween #ハロウィン #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #teahouse #Noh

@bookstodon

The hannya mask is one of the most recognisable noh masks with its two prominent horns. It is named after its creator, Hannya-bō, and represents a female character whose anger or jealousy has caused horns to grow on her head.

Photograph: Kitazawa Sohta

#Japan
#Noh
#masks

@bookstodon

Okina masks are considered to be the oldest noh masks. This one is a Hakushiki-jō mask with a long white beard in horsehair, split movable jaws and bushy eyebrows.

Photograph: Kitazawa Sohta

#Japan
#Noh
#masks

Noh and Kyogen Masks Tradition and Modernity in the Art of Kitazawa Hideta by Jannette Cheong and Richard Emmert, 2024

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#Japan
#Noh
#Kyogen
#theatre
#masks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp3wWpx04Ro

#Noh and #Kabuki Theatre 🇯🇵

#history #theatrehistory

Chanting Beyond Melody: The Neurological and Emotional Depth of Noh Vocal Technique

https://tomkolbe.com/2024/09/10/chanting-beyond-melody-the-neurological-and-emotional-depth-of-noh-vocal-technique/

#Japan, #JapaneseMusic, #MusicPsychology, #Psychology, #Neurology, #Noh, NohTheater

Blogkino: Throne Of Blood (1957)

Heute zeigen wir im Blogkino den Spielfilm Throne of Blood: Thron des Blutes (japanisch: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, wörtlich: "Das Spinnennetz-Schloss" [Anm. Hier als Das Schloß im Spinnwebwald gelaufen]) ist ein japanischer #Jidaigeki-Film aus dem Jahr 1957, der von Akira #Kurosawa mitgeschrieben, produziert, geschnitten und inszeniert wurde, mit Spezialeffekten von Eiji #Tsuburaya. Der Film überträgt die Handlung des englischen Dramatikers William# Shakespeare in seinem Stück #Macbeth (1606) vom mittelalterlichen #Schottland ins feudale #Japan, wobei stilistische Elemente aus dem #Noh-Drama verwendet werden. In den Hauptrollen spielen Toshiro #Mifune und Isuzu #Yamada, die den Figuren Macbeth und Lady Macbeth nachempfunden sind.

Wie das #Theaterstück erzählt auch der Film die Geschichte eines Kriegers, der auf Drängen seiner ehrgeizigen Frau seinen Herrscher ermordet. Kurosawa war ein Fan des Stücks und plante mehrere Jahre lang eine eigene Verfilmung, die er jedoch zurückstellte, nachdem er von Orson #Welles' Macbeth (1948) erfahren hatte. Er änderte unter anderem das Ende, bei dem Bogenschützen Pfeile um Mifune herum schießen mussten. Der Film wurde rund um den Berg #Fuji und die #Izu-Halbinsel gedreht. Mit einem Budget von 120 Millionen Yen oder 350.000 US-Dollar (entspricht 3.797.000 Dollar im Jahr 2023) war der Film zum Zeitpunkt seiner Veröffentlichung einer der teuersten Filme, die je in Japan gedreht wurden.

Trotz der Änderung des Schauplatzes und der Sprache sowie zahlreicher kreativer Freiheiten wird Throne of Blood oft als eine der besten Verfilmungen des klassischen Theaterstücks angesehen und von der Kritik hoch gelobt. Der Film wurde mit zwei #Mainichi-Filmpreisen ausgezeichnet, darunter als bester Schauspieler für Toshiro Mifune.

https://www.trueten.de/archives/13323-Blogkino-Throne-Of-Blood- 1957.html #Kino #Film

Fatigued by the wacky Japan portrayed by “Cool Japan” experiences? For a price, stately Suigian combines noh, traditional dance and meals that are actually decent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/08/10/stage/suigian-noh-kabuki-dance-arts-nightlife/ #culture #stage #tokyo #thingstodo #kabuki #noh #suigian #robotrestaurant

I'd love to see Richard Siegal's dance show that Alva Noto's Noh influenced HYbr:ID III score was commissioned for, but when its inspiration is Shuudan koudou - synchronized precision walking, I guess all preconceptions of a dance show & music should be left at the door.... (Get more thoughts & check the videos over at the new TSMM Substack via the app or email https://theslowmusicmovement.substack.com/p/alva-noto-hybrid-iii-noton)

Slowtronic Playlist: https://slowtronic-playlist.sbmt.to/

#slow #music #electronic #minimal #Noh #independent #artist