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context: theatre > noh

The Impenetrability of Noh

the unvarying Noh stage

I developed this site because of my love for Japanese arts, but I need to acknowledge here that there is probably no major national art form anywhere that is harder to understand and enjoy than Noh. This section offers some reasons for this.

Acting

Characters

Dialogue

Style

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