Theater Video Links
Short youtube history of Japan (clean edition)
Onmyoji video links here
Noh
The Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan: Noh
Aoi no Ue (full production in Japanese only)
Raiden (end of first act excerpt):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u4Hk--ymbo
Raiden (Second act excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPMoEUsg0h4
Yashima:
Yashima(15 minute digest in Japanese)
"The Spirit of Noh" with the late Noh actor and mask maker, Udaka Michishige; the performance at the end is Yashima
Kyogen
"This is Kyogen"
(
includes exerpts from Thunderbolt and Owls)
Mushrooms (Kusabira)
Neck-pulling (Kubi-Hiki)
Owls (Fukuro)
Nomura Mansai performing the dance section from Semi (The Cicada)
The Persimmon Thief (Kaki Yamabushi)
Shigeyama Family version: first half, second half
short excerpt: trying to get persimmons
Nomura Mansai performing very modern version of ritual "Sanbaso" from Okina
Foxes
Section on Foxes from Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
"Saigo no Kitsune": Nomura Mansaku's last performance of Tsurigitsune
Tsurigitsune (second act) Video
Death Stone (second act)
Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan: Kabuki
Kabuki
Kabuki: The Classic Theatre of Japan (older intro in English)
Cocoon Bunkamura performance of Yotsuya Kaidan
Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan part 1 (Bando Tamasaburo as Oiwa, Kataoka Nizaemon XV as Iemon)
Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan part 4: Snake mountain scene
Miscellaneous Videos
The World of Noh (Tsunemasa) in English
Youtube Channel for Kongo School
The Noh Archive (various plays by category)
(includes lots of plays, such as Chikubushima, Takasago, Shunkan, Atsumori, Kiyotsune, Izutsu, Matsukaze, Yokihi, Aoi no Ue, Dojoji, Kanawa,Funa Benkei, Miidera, Tsuchigumo, Toru, Momijigari)