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 2

Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan part 3

Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan part 4: Snake mountain scene

 

Kabuki Kool: Demons in Kabuki

 

 

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)

 

Yoroboshi

Shojo

Yuki