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Japanese Theatre

Japanese Theatre. Theatre History. Japanese Theatre-Noh Plays. Based on ritual Much like the Chinese theatre in content and form Short Serious Philosophical Used poetry and dance. Japanese Theatre-Noh Plays. Formal, classic language Meant only for the aristocrats Still done today

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Japanese Theatre

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  1. Japanese Theatre Theatre History

  2. Japanese Theatre-Noh Plays • Based on ritual • Much like the Chinese theatre in content and form • Short • Serious • Philosophical • Used poetry and dance

  3. Japanese Theatre-Noh Plays • Formal, classic language • Meant only for the aristocrats • Still done today • Remarkably unchanged

  4. Japanese Theatre-Noh Plays • Dance style: Used a series of sedate postures Each movement meant something specific Even small hand or finger movements were important

  5. Japanese Theatre-Stage • Specific stage size: - 18’ x 18’ square - audience on three sides - performed outside originally - roof like a Shinto shrine - floor supported by 4 pillars - floor is highly polished lacquer

  6. Japanese Theatre-Stage -large hollow jars for support to create a unique sound on stage - actors often thumped floor to get an effect - entered from greenroom along a corridor - each character bowed to audience - chorus of 6-8 - men only as actors

  7. Japanese Theatre-scenery and costumes • Scenery: • Usually a tapestry on back wall • A tree was always a part of the scene • Items suggested symbols/actions • Costumes: ornate • CHARACTERS: • Major actors wore large wooden masks • 15 standard masks used in Noh theatre

  8. Japanese Theatre-Kyogn • Comedic interlude to the Noh plays • Farcical • No music • 5 Noh plays and 3 Kyogen plays were given

  9. Japanese Theatre-Kabuki • Theatre for the common man • Song and dance used • Melodramatic • Subject matter: - heavy tension-filled tragedies - realistic suicides, murders, torture - love triangles - demons and grotesque dramas

  10. Japanese Theatre-Kabuki • Stage: - a large platform- but no pillars, roof, or bridge - entered from audience on a flowerway - stage had trapdoors Characters/costumes: - lavish costumes - characters wore huge wigs (up to 25 pounds)

  11. Japanese Theatre-Bunraku 17th Century Doll theatre 4 foot tall dolls as actors Very realistic Narrators told story Puppeteers wore black- not seen as part of action

  12. Japanese Theatre- • Kabuki and Noh actors - acting skill all important - men who were good at impersonating women - few women still involved in this art form - passed along family lines- lifelong passion

  13. Japanese Theatre- • Websites: • Next- Medieval Theatre

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