Sunday, April 13, 2008

Noh - a Japanese musical drama

Turned into century XIV, Nogaku, Noh or no, it is a type of Japanese musical dramas. Their roots can be overcome to the Sarugaku, the Chinese theater of Nuo. The agents and the musicians of Noh never practice or try together. Each of practical them the movement, the dances and the songs separately underneath a greater particular professor.

The traditional stages of kagura are the inspiration of the traditional stages of the theater of Noh. Hinoki or the Japanese wood of the cypress is the material of the architecture used commonly. There are four pillars to support the roof. They are placed according to some directions and each has a particular name. Shite-bashira is the back left pillar and is the point so that shite feels or it is placed. Waki-bashira is the front pillar straight used by Waki like the point of the operation. Be is the correct corner back and used by the flute player. Metsuke-bashira is the pillar that the faces of Shite and also are known like the watch-pillar.

Shite, waki, kyogen and hayashi is the four categories that the executants of Noh can be divided in. Shite or the authors is the original character of the drama. It is first a human being or a Maeshite and later plays the role of a ghost or a Nochijite. Tsure is the well-known of the friend of Shite. Waki is the bandit and obstructs the trajectory of Shite. Wakizure is the friend of Waki. Kyogen realizes Aikyogen during the breakage in the game. Hayashis plays four of Noh, that is flute or Was, drum of the small stick or Taiko, drum hip or Okawa Otsuzumi and drum or Kotsuzumi of the shoulder. The refrain includes of almost eight people and it is known like Jiutai. The assistants know themselves like Koken.

Histories of the drama of Noh can be divided in five categories ample, although there are diverse types of division. They are Kami monkey, Shura monkey, Katsura monkey, not of miscellaneous Kiri and games. The synchronization of these games can extend enters thirty minutes two hours. Monkey of Kami also known as Waki ninguÌ  n represents the Shite as to be human in the principle and later to take the form from deity and has generally certain mythological history based on alguÌ  n God. Shura monkey or not of Asura, demonstrations the Shite that plays the character of the ghost immediately first and more ahead than plays the role of the soldier and who reconstructs the scene of his death. In the katsura monkey or Onna monkey, a woman plays the character of Shite that dances and sings very wonderfully. Shite demonstrations of not or Oni de Kiri monkey under the form of devil, monster or goblin. Under miscellaneous games, the harmful games monkey or the games monkey or newspapers of Genzai de Onryo of the ghosts, and Kyoran monkey or the games of madness are including.

The styles can be divided in the style of Geki Noh and the style of Furyu Noh. Geki Noh is games that imply the action and along with what action is implied. Fruyu Noh is the games that imply the dance and that they only sing. There are diverse types of humor in art of the theater of Noh. Mugen Noh implies ghost supernatural characters such as, demons, and deities. History keeps doing games malabares enters the past, the present, and the future. Genzai Noh portrays the difficulties of the daily life.

The suits work and they are designed very heavy according to the role played by the agent uses who it. The similar serpents have consecutive triangles like the scales. The suit of the Shite is made up of the expensive work of soothes or the brocade. The refrain and instrumentalists use kimono formal of Montsuki with the Hakama or the shirt. The assistants use the totally black equipment. The masks whereas characters of Gods, demons play, of animal, or of a female played by a man are still used. Shite uses a mask generally. All the characters have a ventilator of the hand whereas in stage. They take it to disposition or in its pocket. The drama continues being very popular in Japan and more and more continues attracting people towards him mainly debt that is interesting style and characterization.

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