The 3 Differences Between Noh Theatre and Kabuki Play

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Let's ask Shogo | Your Japanese friend in Kyoto

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When you imagine traditional Japanese stage art, I think it would look something like this. But these pictures actually represent two different stage arts, Noh and Kabuki.
Do you know which one is which, and how they are different? Although they may look alike in photos, they actually are two very different stage arts.
So today, as a Noh trainee, I will briefly introduce the history of both Noh and Kabuki, and then explain about the 3 main differences. In the “omake” talk at the very end, I’d like to show you some of my Noh scripts I use for my training which are called "Utai-bon."
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@sylvia.s.s. 3 жыл бұрын

I have being studying about Japanese Culture and History for more than 15 years and this video explains the differences better than any book or professor that I have ever read or talked to. 簡単な説明を頂いてくれてありがとうございました。

@LaNguyenBTong 2 жыл бұрын

*been

@sylvia.s.s. 2 жыл бұрын

@@LaNguyenBTong Thanks. Using three languages constantly and under pressure can be overwhelming.

@LaNguyenBTong 2 жыл бұрын

@@sylvia.s.s. I understand.

@Kairi98503 3 жыл бұрын

So in a way, geisha and Kabuki actors swapped jobs back in the day. Because the first geisha were men and the first Kabuki actors were women.

@XianHaos 3 жыл бұрын

It seems so. It bears the question of why there isn't a culture of trying to rediscover past incarnations of the art form(s).

@Kairi98503 3 жыл бұрын

@@XianHaos i mean, historical fashion and trades are becoming larger communities lately, so it is only a matter of time

@jiaunmew878 2 жыл бұрын

That’s probably why cultural heritage are so fun sometimes 😂😂

@ranger81270 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, the men that were trained for play females roles use the tittle of "Onogatta".

@Jinkypigs Жыл бұрын

Dude, are you totally confused? And they didn't "swap" job, but the nature and roles evolved. One didn't become the others. Gender doesn't represent everything and while the very first geisha was indeed male, it didn't take long for women to join in and dominate the field, less than 20 years in between.

@LetsaskShogo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I left out one very important thing about the difference of Noh and Kabuki...! "Noh actors wear masks, but Kabuki actors do makeup" So if you see a actor wearing a mask it would be Noh, or if that actor has special white makeup on it would be Kabuki! Thanks again for your time!

@TheKittengoddess 3 жыл бұрын

Could you talk about how many sword tiers are used in kabuki vs real life?

@M.C.P. Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask about the different costumes styles but here your comment! Thanks for this video!

@michiganwannarbor3255 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing kabuki in person in Tokyo was definitely the highlight of my trip to Japan.

@davidw2739 11 ай бұрын

Same! I think I posted to social media "how have I gone this far in life without Kabuki?".

@youngimperialistmkii 3 жыл бұрын

"Disturbed the morals" Oh my😉

@rafafr9 3 жыл бұрын

"the women Disturbed the morals doing the dance" Oh my (sexy expression) "then young boys Disturbed the morals doing the dance" oh my(worried expression)

@wchan39 3 жыл бұрын

@@rafafr9 Well, that explains where the shotacon trope came from.

@river1403 3 жыл бұрын

@@wchan39 nope.

@iwatommy9139 3 жыл бұрын

“Yoooohhhhhh Myyyy”

@mcmh9523 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the oldest forms of Kabuki were performed by prostitutes, both female and male. Of course Kabuki today has absolutely nothing to do with hookers.

@ennamichaels5144 11 ай бұрын

As an actor and someone interested in theatre history - this is brilliant. I actually looked at Noh and Kabuki as part of a project whilst training (in the West - have never gone to the East). I wish this video had been available way back then as it has so much more accessible information then I could find in Western libraries available to me (this was the era before internet though).

@thijmenbaak718 Жыл бұрын

As a Japanese history student, the books i read glossed over these 2 art forms very quickly so i'm glad you made such an amazing explanation video about these 2!

@TokyoTraveller 3 жыл бұрын

"disturb the morals" I'm going to start using that.

@Somerandomguy524 3 жыл бұрын

How dare you disturb the morals with my wife!!?? Remember son, always use a moral protector if you are going to disturb them...

@TokyoTraveller 3 жыл бұрын

@@Somerandomguy524 You are a wise gentleman indeed. One should always use moral protection when creating a disturbance.

@Larucos 3 жыл бұрын

how sad that something made popular by women remains prohibited for them to this very day i have never heard of Noh before, i've probably seen the style many times, but never knew what it was, very nice

@_Just_Another_Guy Жыл бұрын

Do you like Naruto (by your profile pic)? That series actually makes multiple references to Noh and Kabuki theater. For example, the masks that Orochimaru uses to conduct his ritual summonings can be commonly found in Noh. And Jiraiya's design is inspired from Kabuki, including his face paint.

@Larucos Жыл бұрын

@@_Just_Another_Guy yes, also there was a Kabuki stage play adaptation of Naruto a couple years ago, the costumes were really pretty

@zephyrr108 Жыл бұрын

@@Larucos women shouldnt do much in society. They should mostly be at homes. Based Japanese.

@roranoel1011 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this and would like to hear more about rakugo, kamishibai and puppet theatre as well!

@phillipgregory9671 3 жыл бұрын

I would to.hopefully he'll do a video on those as well.

@dinidiananggraeni6371 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the explanation, I am an art teacher at an Indonesian school, currently delivering material about traditional theater in Asia. I'm proud to be Asian

@pspokemon 3 жыл бұрын

Taking a look at the songbook was cool. Noh and Kabuki are really interesting topics and I'm glad I could learn more about it.

@ehhe4381 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like learning from a practicioner...

@shakiestalocachica 3 жыл бұрын

So interesting! Thank you! I know it's recent history, but I'm really interested in the culture of female only theatres in Japan such as Takarazuka. It seems like a modern way of women taking back space in the drama world. Also there are some famous women writers/directors for Takarazuka.

@andreamattis4785 2 жыл бұрын

In the 50's there was also a group called Ichikawa Girls' Kabuki Troupe who played real Kabuki plays even with the support of the famous acting house of the Ichikawa.

@anari234 3 жыл бұрын

I saw a Kabuki play when I first visited Japan, it was fantastic! Hopefully, I can watch a Noh performance next time I visit.

@johninman7545 8 ай бұрын

My dad loved Japan as a staff officer during the occupation .He was a farmers son and they are very polite like Japanese.

@jzgamer12 3 жыл бұрын

Im glad you're still making videos, plus your channel is getting more exponentially gaining more subscribers quickly and growing a lot just this past week alone. From 10,000 to 39,500 subscribers in just one week

@amjanwaters6142 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shogo-san for the video. You have answered my question. Hope you will reach 100k subs or more before 2022.

@Stretchwreckedem469 2 жыл бұрын

Considering the historical impact of both genres of theatre, I kinda wonder if there were a few play writes that tried to combine both genres. While I’m slightly familiar with Kabuki, and while I never knew about Noh, after hearing about the characteristics of both it would be interesting to watch a hybrid play between the two genres. I’ve always found it refreshing to see people creating something new from other well respected forms of storytelling, while also showing respect for their influences.

@Rognik 3 жыл бұрын

After watching this video, hopefully we all are in the Noh.

@garryferrington811 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it is very interesting! In England during Shakespeare's time women were not allowed to perform on stage, just like Kabuki today.

@ossy43 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, specially the last part when you show the scripts. Love your videos...

@AgeofDoom 5 ай бұрын

Japan is the land of ultimate art. The way in everything they do. The expression of feelings in the pronunciation of the language. Everything. Greetings from Greece!

@mjaustro 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are very interesting and you are very knowledgeable. Thank you, Shogo!

@anteteloquicogitare5002 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shogo, another excellent and informative video. Keep up the good work.

@Huntertainment1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this excellent primer. Great info.

@Lost-In-Blank 2 жыл бұрын

January 2021 your goal was 100,000 subscribers by January 2022. Through your hard work and talent, you're already at 262,000 subscribers and it is still only November 4, 2021. Wonderful work, wonderful success, on making Japanese culture accessible to all the world !!! And I like how you are not afraid to tackle difficult topics. You do not stick to the easy topics, but also get into sensitive and difficult topics as well.

@Lost-In-Blank 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating!!!

@noripug 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are wonderful!! Very informative, to the point and well organized! All the topics you present are super intresting

@lwolfstar7618 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully explained as always!

@jamesogre6397 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, very concise and clear presentation.

@mhamilton6175 3 жыл бұрын

You ROCK! Very informative It is good that you are willing to educate other cultures about yours Please keep making and publishing the videos !!

@madziatamersa571 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another informative and well made video. also I want to thank to always remiding when were the time frames and eras exactly so slowly I can remember it : )

@gyounce1 3 жыл бұрын

This is such an interesting and informative video! Thank you so much!! I want everyone I know to learn about what you've taught here.

@crazydutch3393 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this channel is growing very fast and very intresting content. Keep it up 👍. Love from the Netherlands 😎

@vieyang8174 Жыл бұрын

Today, I learn great knowledge from you, it's amazing. Thanks guy, hopefully you can make more videos about nature and culture in Japan. I really fancy it.

@anaideviveiros6597 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for answering my question! Now I understand them better ❤️

@hildegardisverusckarocha6326 Ай бұрын

Explication très claire et intéressante. Merci beaucoup!

@murphyman104 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for the video, the Noh scene in the Shogun mini-series piqued my interest!

@victorc7421 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!

@hardstylelife5749 Жыл бұрын

Most interesting, very well depicted, bravo!

@jonkomatsu8192 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Have never explored either tradition. Many thanks for explaining the general history and differences. Could you possibly interview your teacher? Also, a Kabuki master as well. Mahalo!

@shellyirby9828 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was very informative!

@chaiyongrujjanawate9450 2 жыл бұрын

I really like this presentation. It's conclusive and easy to understand.

@internetuser3578 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! Thank you so much!

@davidma3231 3 жыл бұрын

Best educating channel on these topics. You will become big.

@roseofsharon11 9 ай бұрын

Thank you thank you! This is wonderful…

@matheusa.c.c.8370 3 жыл бұрын

AMAZING content. Thank you so so much 🌻

@TwixyNo 3 жыл бұрын

Well done and very interesting.

@diehgo_sp Жыл бұрын

I thank you for sharing this knowledge.

@MarsalSintung 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this simple and more understandable explanation!!!! I also have watched other documentaries explaining those two, but I found this video was straight to the main points and told me something the others didn't, like the reason why there were no women involved in Kabuki. Again, thank you so much for making me love to study Japanese culture more and to respect them!!! You are great!!! Respect too for all Japanese art performers!!!

@rubensousa5141 3 жыл бұрын

Really interessting. I love Kabuki!

@ixionwayne7153 2 жыл бұрын

It took me three rewinds to realise, Okuni is the girl who uses an umbrella as weapon in Samurai Warriors.

@rolandgdean 3 жыл бұрын

40,000 subs already. Congratulations!

@mssitifa.r9672 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Shogo! Very informative on Noh and Kabuki. 😃. Oh and both 鶴亀 and 嵐山 book is really pretty too! Cheers!

@evilsteven3000 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this lesson. Now I understand.

@brad8596 3 жыл бұрын

Dude your about to crack 40k subs, congrats!

@Alexander-vl1lg 2 ай бұрын

ありがとうございます！I have been studying Japanese in school through the textbook Genki and I am on Chapter 9. I came across the word かぶき in the vocabulary and wanted to look up what it was because it just listed the translation of かぶき as kabuki.

@taha258 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent ! thank you

@gingin03gg 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative....keep it up.

@-gemberkoekje-5547 3 жыл бұрын

You should make a video about the geography about japan once :) About the regions and prefectures and stuff.

@nadyazahira8552 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for the info shogo-san! very intresting, gonna search some kabuki and noh on the internet!

@river1403 3 жыл бұрын

This was very interesting.

@skytwist 11 ай бұрын

Hey, Shogo! Thanks for that informative and entertaining video on Noh and Kabuki 👏It's already inspired a few ideas and the simple songs would be a great way to bring Japanese (language) into a personal cultural orbit.

@aba4055 2 жыл бұрын

Wow informative! Thank you! Watching because my Japanese teacher got mad the other day because the class didn’t know Noh haha. I didn’t know women can act in Noh too! Thank god for Nihon Buyo, and thank god for Takarazuka too lol

@moonxx4216 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your chanel its so easy to Understand you culture 👏

@yongmijaart9584 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much ☺🙏💙

@noeldunsky Ай бұрын

Great video! I have recently begun learning Japanese and am also watching the new remake of Shogun, which shows a NOH performance in episode 5 or 6. It looks and sounds very mysterious...:)

@batcaver 5 ай бұрын

i discovered this art with the classic movies of the 50's of Kenji Mizoguchi and Akira Kurosawa, so beautiful, profound and dramatic !! 😍 cheers from France

@noras.9774 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Very didactic and clear explanations! I’m from Eastern Europe, but I like japaneze culture and arts!

@avroml 3 жыл бұрын

Shogo's new video! Is it Christmas or what? :D Very informative and attractive as always, thanks!

@shubhambihal4242 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing 🙃

@persian_tankman 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video....i'm very interested to japanese culture.

@crim2089 3 жыл бұрын

son added gracefulness by centering the acts on singing and dancing

@Junipanther 9 ай бұрын

I appreachiate it very very much, that there are Kabuki Plays with english subtitles and explanations on you tube, from a japanese association, for example from Kabuki in Depth! In the 1990th, these and also Sumo were available on TV in Germany , but now only on youtube! And it´s still fascinating and a great art! And thanks to your explanations (7.26) I know, why I as a foreigner can understand the story.

@BlackPatriot1776 3 жыл бұрын

I really wanted to hear Shogo sing from the book :/ lol

@csgarrett1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much,,

@12388696 3 жыл бұрын

I can read all the kanji's in the book, how wonderful.

@aquaarietta 3 жыл бұрын

I would love for you to talk about rakugo someday!

@kagamisan9952 3 жыл бұрын

I love the soga brother's I love those plays

@deddylukmanda3528 3 жыл бұрын

Hi shogo, thanks for your videos! I’ve been to Japan three times and would def comeback after pandemic is over. Could you make a video about japanese tea ceremony? I would like to know about that

@OsakaJoe01 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping to see you go into the differences in music and dancing styles, and maybe show a couple clips. Also the overlap in stories told, how some stories have a "Noh" and "Kabuki" version, and sometimes even a Bunraku equivalent. Both Noh and Kabuki use the instrument that produces my most favorite sound in the world; the kotsuzumi. 😊 Otherwise, great video.

@oubliette862 Жыл бұрын

Oda Nobunaga always make me think of onimusha. Those were great games.

@blaeckingceorl4161 3 жыл бұрын

I've never really read anything about these plays so, for me, they're absolutly incomprehensible. I'm not even able to guess what is happening. I love those head moves, though! :)

@opheliamunroe1110 Жыл бұрын

Before I actually watch the full video my knowledge of these arts are extremely limited but from what I've seen Noh typically uses wooden masks to represent characters while Kabuki seems to use face painting and makeup. That's just a personal observation of mine but I'm really excited to see the active differences of these art forms.

@thechikuwa284 2 жыл бұрын

-Noh is a song and dance dedicated to the gods.The performers are called gakushi/rakushi(master musicians). -Kabuki is a play for the common people to enjoy. The performers are called yakusha(actors). Since Noh is a Shinto ritual, it requires purification before it can be performed. Kabuki is just entertainment. When a Kabuki actor asked a Noh master musician to teach him how to sing and dance, the Noh master musician said, "Then let's go out into the garden. Kabuki is a vulgar art and should not be performed on tatami."

@Asnerlicious 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your explanation. I connected with the comparison of Noh as the equivalent of reading a book and Kabuki as watching a movie. I was watching the "METALI" music video by Babymetal and thought I may have spotted Kabuki references to traditional Japanese performance. You may find that interesting.

@Bou89 3 жыл бұрын

I want to know more about Yokai with your explanation.

@robertcurrie1160 3 жыл бұрын

Could you please do a video about Japans castles I never knew they had any. ✌️

@Janka007 3 жыл бұрын

I wish women were back to kabuki! If there is a petition to sign, please share it here! :D Or shall I start one?

@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer 3 жыл бұрын

There's the Takarazuka Revue, you know, if you want something only done by women. I read it's fairly recent though (1914) but it exists.

@gingercore69 3 жыл бұрын

@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer what is that?

@edienandy 3 жыл бұрын

There’s Miyako Odori, which is an annual performance of Kyomai (Kyoto dance) put on by the maiko and geiko of Gion Kobu every April in Kyoto. It’s not actually kabuki but they have amazing costumes and the dance style is much prettier imho.

@mrotto1233 3 жыл бұрын

new episode lets gooooooooooo

@scottmefford6917 2 жыл бұрын

I'm certain Noh is a beautiful art form and demands respect. The Noh masks however are quite simply terrifying. First time I saw one was in Inuyasha. Creeped me right the Hel out.

@bered4894 3 жыл бұрын

5:22 given the fact that Noh is a lot more formal I am suprised that women are allowed in Noh today but not in Kabuki

@TheNovaFiends 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched literally every English subbed Nōh play I could find on YT, excepting the ones that summarize rather than directly translate. If anyone knows of any corners of the internet where there's more subbed plays, would love to hear about it

@domingopartida5812 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love drama of a renjishi dance

@jeanfish7 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen examples of both of the arts. I got very lucky

@user-nb4wg9tv7q 3 жыл бұрын

今　ドラマで長瀬さんが能の後継ぎをするという話をやってますね！能と歌舞伎の違いなんか考えたこともなかったですー😆

@roberttucker9615 2 жыл бұрын

I thank you for your videos. They help me learn the history of a culture I am attracted to. I have learned another difference between Noh and Kabuki. In Noh, the performers wear masks, and in Kabuki the performers paint their faces. Correct?

@deadbeatnetwork9792 Жыл бұрын

Mhm, it seems so.