Nohgaku

Japanese: 能楽 - のうがく

Noun: A Japanese performing art. From the Northern and Southern Courts period to the Muromachi period, Sarugaku, which was a miscellaneous art, developed into a musical drama centered on song and dance, and was called "Sarugaku no Noh." During the reign of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Kan'ami, Zeami and others appeared and perfected it as a performing art. It is a bugaku dance centered on the shite ( leading actor) who sings the chant and performs to the accompaniment of music, and is often masked and highly stylized. It is also called simply "Noh," and the term "Nohgaku" was used after the Meiji period. In a broad sense, it can also include Kyogen. Currently, in addition to the five schools of shite (Kanze, Hosho, Konparu, Kongo, and Kita), there are three schools of supporting actors (Shimoken Hosho, Takayasu, and Fukuo), two schools of Kyogen actors (Okura and Izumi), and one or fourteen schools of musicians (three schools of flute actors, four schools of kodzumi actors, five schools of otsuzumi actors, and two schools of taiko drum actors).

Nohgaku

〘 noun 〙 A carefree and idle life. Also, the person who does so. Lazy. ※Yellow-covered book, Untsuke Tarozaemon (1772) "Though the young ones of the house are engaged in various leisure activities"

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Japanese:

〘名〙日本の芸能の一つ。南北朝時代から室町時代にかけて、雑芸であった猿楽から歌舞中心の楽劇が発達して「猿楽の能」と呼ばれ、足利義満の時、観阿彌、世阿彌らの出現によって芸能として完成した。謡をうたいながら、囃子(はやし)に合わせて演じるシテ（主役）中心の舞楽で、多くは仮面をつけ、きわめて様式化したもの。単に「能」とも称し、「能楽」の呼称は明治以後に用いられた。また、広義には、狂言を含めることもある。現在、観世・宝生・金春・金剛・喜多のシテ方五流のほかに、ワキ方三流（下懸宝生・高安・福王）、狂言方二流（大蔵・和泉）、囃子方一四流（笛方三流、小鼓方四流、大鼓方五流、太鼓方二流）がある。