National Noh Theatre
Japan’s national theatre for Noh and Kyōgen, combining a purpose-built stage with performance, research, exhibition, and training functions in Tokyo.
Noh
Zeami Motokiyo
Zeami Motokiyo was a Noh actor, playwright, troupe leader, and theorist whose plays and treatises shaped the transmission of Noh.
Kan’ami Kiyotsugu
Kan’ami Kiyotsugu was a fourteenth-century actor, troupe leader, and playwright whose performance innovations helped form Noh theatre.
Yūgen
Yūgen is a medieval aesthetic term for profound, elusive beauty conveyed through suggestion, overtones, restraint, and imaginative depth.