A Japanese festival event that passes down an ancient art: Kurokawa Noh Theater?

Noh theater is a traditional Japanese song and dance drama that has a very long history in Japan and has become the country's leading traditional theater. Efforts have been made in various forms to preserve and pass on this ancient art form. So today's Old Calendar introduces you to a Japanese festival event that passes down an ancient art: Kurokawa Noh theater.

Kasuga Shrine in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, holds festivals in February, March, May and November every year, and Kurokawa Noh plays are performed at each festival, with the "King's Gion Matsuri" festival held in February being the most important one.

On February 1, from the early hours of the morning, people begin to welcome the arrival of the "King's Gion," the deity of Kasuga Shrine. In the evening, children perform the "Treading of the Earth," which opens the Kurokawa Noh Theater. After the "Shisanban" dance (a dance performed by an old man who symbolizes a god), which is the most important of the ancient Noh plays, five Noh plays and four kyogen are performed throughout the night.

On February 2, when the gods return to Kasuga Shrine, the noh plays are performed in front of the gods, and a variety of festivals are held at the shrine until late in the evening. It can be said that Kurokawa noh theater has passed down the traditional form of noh theater that was developed in ancient times, and the modern life of the local people of Kurokawa is closely linked to the festival and noh theater, and the festival of Kasuga Taisha Shrine has become a festive event that passes down the ancient art.

Related Readings: What is Noh Theater Noh Theater is a famous type of traditional Japanese theater, along with Kabuki and puppet Joruri. Noh plays pray for a good harvest and peace in the world, and use the gods as the main characters of the plays. Noh plays originated around 1400 A.D. by Kanno Aya and Sai Aya, a father and son, who refined the ancient Japanese performing arts to express the "esoteric" world in which reality and dreams, and the world of yin and yang, are intertwined.

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