Definitions
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- noun uncountable A form (style) of classical
Japanese musical drama . - noun countable, rare An individual play of this style.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I’m obviously biased toward culture, but I also like Rath on Noh in the 18th century (_The Ethos of Noh_), Berry on books in this period (_Japan in Print_), and me on the iemoto system (_Handmade Culture_).
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My gut tells me that Noh is going to be just fine — for now, at least.
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After a six month long mutual learning process with the locals in Noh Bo we hope that we have left something useful behind.
Butterfly Bamboo Homes Are Hope for Thai Orphans | Inhabitat 2009
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The literature of the Five Mountains, as the Zen school in Kyoto was known, revived poetic composition in Chinese, and the great lyric drama called n (in English, Noh) appeared.
1336-1568 2001
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'Accomplishment' the word Noh means, and it is their accomplishment and that of a few cultured people who understand the literary and mythological allusions and the ancient lyrics quoted in speech or chorus, their discipline, a part of their breeding.
Certain Noble Plays of Japan From the manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa Ezra Pound 1928
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This season's palate cleanser is called Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater.
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Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater
signandsight.com 2010
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Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh T.eater William T. Vollmann.
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"Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater." 6 p.m.
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Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater.
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