NOH

Firewood-Noh (torchlight performance of Noh)

Firewood-Noh was held in the glow of a flame, lanterns, and the moon. At the sight of the Tsuchiura-castle at night in September.

Samurai's passion blazes up in the flame glow.

"What is Noh ?" The origins of Noh, Japan's oldest theater form, go back to ancient times; but it was in the fourteenth century that it began to flourish. Noh is a lyric dance-drama performed on a special stage to accompaniment of music. Noh is a very abstract art because dramatic elements are few: the principal characters wear masks which combines with the extremely symbolic movements of the actor and the monotonic music to display a unique artistic beauty.

"References" 1)Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon-the land and its people, Gakuseisha ltd.


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