Drama Culture The Four Great Classical Plays of Japan

Theater, as a traditional art, is now facing a great dilemma in that it is not favored by the young generation. Therefore, in order for theater to develop and continue, it must be innovative. Do you know which are the four major classical plays in Japan? What are the characteristics of each of them? Then this issue of theater culture, for you to analyze.

Berserk

Berserk is an improvised, short, and funny play that originated in the folklore and was performed between Noh plays, and it is a derivative of Sarugaku-no and Tanegaku-no. Like Noh, kyogen belongs to the four major classical plays of Japan. The major difference between kyogen and noh, which are comedic kobai plays, and typical tragic kabuki dramas ---- is that they use humor to satirize the samurai and other aristocrats through characters or events drawn from the real world. And because its works were drawn from the lives of the common people and performed in the spoken language of the time, it was more acceptable to the working people than the Noh theater, and became the most typical form of commoner's art.

Noh theater

Noh theater in Japan dates back to the 8th century, and has since evolved to incorporate a variety of artistic expressions, such as acrobatics, song, dance, and burlesque. It has become Japan's predominant traditional theater. These plays are mainly based on traditional Japanese literature and are performed with masks, costumes, props and dances. "Noh plays represent a surreal world in which the main character appears as the embodiment of a supernatural hero who tells the story and drives the plot. In reality, everything appears in the form of masks, which are used to represent women, children and the elderly.

Kabuki

Kabuki is a type of theater unique to Japan and is one of the country's traditional performing arts. It is classified as an important intangible cultural property in Japan, and modern Kabuki is characterized by elaborate sets, complex stage machinery, gorgeous costumes and make-up for the actors and actresses, and the fact that the actors and actresses are exclusively male. A Guo innovative "Nianfo dance", and constantly enrich, perfect, from the folk into the court, gradually become a unique style of performing arts.

Ningyo Joruri

Ningyo Joruri ("Bunraku") is one of Japan's four classical stage art forms (Kabuki, Noh theater, kyogen, and puppetry), which is Japan's professional puppetry, and is also known as puppetry Joruri, and the term "Ningyo It is a type of Japanese professional puppet theater, also known as kokeshi joruri, which means "humanoid" or puppet, and "ruri" means a type of dramatic rap accompanied by shamisen. This term itself explains the origin and essence of puppet theater. Joruri" was originally the name of a rap song, and its pioneers were the traveling blind performer, Meganeya Nagasaburo, and the puppeteer, Shinta.