IF THE LANGUAGE barrier has previously acted to prevent kyogen, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, from appealing to audiences in Slovakia, then a performance on February 24 in the Astorka Korzo ...

The Japan Foundation is excited to announce performances of Kyogen by the esteemed Sengoro Shigeyama Family during the 2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival. One of the many cultural events being ...

In the uncompromisingly bleak Japanese Noh drama, existence itself is the only joke. But Kyogen -- the comic counterpart to Noh -- has been making fun of human foibles and pretensions for more than ...

A classic manga by Ryoko Yamagishi featuring Prince Shotoku of ancient Japan will be adapted into a traditional Noh-kyogen drama piece. Nomura Mansai, an acclaimed actor in “kyogen,” a traditional ...

Japan Society has launched its Fall 2020/Winter 2021 Performing Arts Season with a series of online events, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In this double-feature program, Japanese megastar and ...

Join us for a rare opportunity to experience traditional Japanese theater in New York. Master performers of Noh and Kyogen will explain the form’s essentials: the stage, dance, music, costume, masks, ...

Kyogen master Nomura Manzo IX performs his craft which he learned from his father and grandfather. In Japanese theater, it is often thought that there are three main genres: Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku.

The world of kyogen is mourning the loss of Don Kenny, an American who dedicated his life to performing and disseminating the traditional style of theater in English. He died in September at the age ...

There is a saying in “kyogen” that goes, "It starts with the monkey and ends with the fox," a reference to roles that bookend years of training in this traditional form of comedic theater. Hiroaki ...

From left to right: siblings Tokuro Miyake, Junko Izumi and Motoya Izumi. Motoya, the youngest of the three, is the 20th principal of the Izumi school, near Tokyo. IZUMI-SOKE No rules formally exclude ...

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J-pop artist Ado’s career up to this point has been a Rorschach test for whoever has heard her. The 19-year-old’s debut album, “Kyogen,” finds her rejecting any single label in favor of a more ...