Essays Tagged: "Noh"
Kabuki, the Japanese Art vs. Puccini´s Madame Butterfly.
performed a lively version of a Buddhist festival dance, accompanied by the drums and flute used in Noh theatre, as well as a small gong which she, herself, played. As Kabuki's popularity grew it beca ... power of longer, narrative music." (Willoughby, 165)Today the Nagauta consists of the samisen, the Noh flute, the bamboo flute (taken from folk traditions,) and various drums and other percussive ins ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Intertextuality in Fumiko Enchi's "Masks"
for that moment. But these moments tell us much. What interested me most was how Enchi intermingled Noh Theater into her novel.Coming into the class I knew nothing of Japanese poetry, theater, or lite ... ks I was able to take away much more from the novel than if I had just read it cold. The portion on Noh and the continuation of understanding of the masks of Noh are an integral part of the reading of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
'NOH THEATRE' - Drama Essay (Extended Written Response)
nature, hold relevance for contemporary audiences and performers."...................The Essence of Noh Theatre...................The fundamental principle of Noh theatre can be illustrated using the ... atre is not a 'drama' as the word is used nowadays. It is closer to a representation of a metaphor. Noh performers will represent the essence of an animal or emotion, as opposed to literally imitating ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Asian-Americans' Health, 2009
is the cultural push for excellence in the community. Elizabeth Cohen from CNN wrote about a girl, Noh, whose sister committed suicide and her attempts to study suicide among Asian-American adolescen ... whose sister committed suicide and her attempts to study suicide among Asian-American adolescents. Noh presented a study which showed that at ages younger than 15, Asian-American girls already had th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
Netsuke
n wood or ivory. Finally, there are mask netsuke, which are miniature versions of the masks used in Noh and Kyogen plays. Subject matter was largely derived from Chinese and Japanese legends, religion ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art