Noh (能 nō) or nōgaku (能楽) is an abridgement of sarugaku no nō, an aristocratic form of sung and danced performance developed from kagura (神楽, "god-entertainment") plays, a type of theatrical Shintō dance, sarugaku (猿楽, lit. "monkey music"), a form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries, and folk dances, like dengaku (田楽), by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu (観阿弥 清次, 1333-1384) and his son Zeami Motokiyo (世阿弥 元清, 1363-1443), on the order of...
Noh Theater
Noh Theater