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Crown prince's family watches dance performance

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from L), his wife Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R), their daughter Princess Kako (L) and their son Prince Hisahito (R) watch a Ryukyu dance performance at a Noh theater in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito watches dance performance

Japanese Prince Hisahito watches a Ryukyu dance performance at a Noh theater in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako at Noh theater

Japanese Princess Kako (R) watches a Kyogen traditional Japanese farce performed in sign language at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako at Noh theater

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2024, to watch a Kyogen traditional Japanese farce performed in sign language. (Pool photo)

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Entrance ceremony for new employees

New employees of Tamadic Co. attend an entrance ceremony held at Nagoya Noh Theater in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 3, 2023, the first weekday of the new business year.

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'Joan of Arc' performed in Noh in France

PARIS, France - A Japanese troupe performs a Noh adaptation of ''Joan of Arc'' at Jardin d'Acclimatation Theater in Paris on May 7, 2012.

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'Joan of Arc' performed in Noh in France

PARIS, France - A Japanese troupe performs a Noh adaptation of ''Joan of Arc'' at Jardin d'Acclimatation Theater in Paris on May 7, 2012.

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Emperor, empress attend Japanese Noh play

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (standing L) and Empress Michiko greet the audience as they arrive at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo on Nov. 28 to watch a traditional Japanese Noh play. (Pool photo)

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Japanese antiwar 'kyogen' comedy to be staged in Paris

KYOTO, Japan - Scriptwriter Takeshi Umehara speaks at a press conference in Kyoto on March 10. He said that a Japanese traditional ''kyogen'' comic theater presentation will be staged from April 27 to 29 in Paris to deliver an antiwar message. Kyogen is a comic form of Noh drama and one of the traditional theaters in Japan that flourished from the mid-14th century.

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Nomura Mansai supervises Tokyo theater

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura Mansai, 36, a Noh comedy performer, has served as supervisor of Tokyo's Setagaya public theater since Aug. 1.

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Children perform their first Noh play 'Tsuchigumo'

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kazuma Kobayashi (C), an 18-year-old high school student wearing a formal 'shozoku' (Noh costume), plays the lead role, or 'shite,' in a performance of 'Tsuchigumo' (Spider) on Dec. 24 at Kawasaki City Noh Theater, southwest of Tokyo. The Noh drama depicts the struggle between villagers and a spider monster who pretends to be human. Orio Okuma (R front), a 14-year-old junior high school student, performs the role of the warrior who fights the spider in the 'waki,' or supporting role.

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Noh performed for 1st time in S. Korea

ANDONG, South Korea - ''Noh,'' a kind of classical Japanese theater, is performed for the first time in South Korea on Sept. 26. The performance, held in Andong City, North Kyongsang Province, was part of recent government moves to open the country to Japanese culture. Some 500 local residents and tourists attended the performance, which was organized by a Japan-based civic group to promote bilateral cultural exchanges between the two countries.

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MASKS FOR THE NOH THEATER

MASKS FOR THE NOH THEATER==Date:Jan, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Noh to be performed to mark 5th anniv. of disaster

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015, at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo shows the rehearsal of a Noh program, which is based on a legend from the northeastern Japan city of Natori, heavily hit by the 2011 deadly earthquake and tsunami. The program will be performed in March 2016 to mark the 5th anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Head of Kanze-style Noh school bids farewell to theater in Tokyo

Kiyokazu Kanze (4th from L), head of the Kanze-style Noh school, speaks during a ceremony held at the Kanze Nohgaku Theater in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 30, 2015, to mark its closure after 43 years serving as the centerpiece of the school. A new theater is planned to open in a building due to be constructed in Ginza, also in Tokyo, in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held to mark closure of Noh theater in Tokyo

A ceremony is held at the Kanze Nohgaku Theater in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 30, 2015, to mark its closure after use for 43 years as the palace of Kanze-style Noh plays. A substitute theater for the traditional Japanese theatrical art is planned to open in a building due to be built in Ginza, also in Tokyo, in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princesses Kiko, Kako watch 'kyogen' comic drama in sign language

Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako watch a "kyogen" traditional Japanese comic drama in sign language at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Noh theater tapping a traditional art to gain new followers

Photo taken Jan. 21, 2016 shows Yamamoto Noh Theater in Osaka's Chuo Ward. Located in the center of downtown Osaka, the Noh theater was built more than 90 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Noh theater tapping a traditional art to gain new followers

Photo taken Jan. 10, 2016 shows men and women of various ages attending a Noh session at a theater in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress attend Japanese Noh play

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (standing L) and Empress Michiko greet the audience as they arrive at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo on Nov. 28 to watch a traditional Japanese Noh play. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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'Joan of Arc' performed in Noh in France

PARIS, France - A Japanese troupe performs a Noh adaptation of ''Joan of Arc'' at Jardin d'Acclimatation Theater in Paris on May 7, 2012. (Kyodo)

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'Joan of Arc' performed in Noh in France

PARIS, France - A Japanese troupe performs a Noh adaptation of ''Joan of Arc'' at Jardin d'Acclimatation Theater in Paris on May 7, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Abe hosts banquet for foreign guests after imperial ceremony

A Noh masked theater is performed during a banquet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie hosted in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2019, to entertain foreign dignitaries who attended the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe hosts banquet for foreign guests after imperial ceremony

A Noh masked theater is performed during a banquet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie hosted in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2019, to entertain foreign dignitaries who attended the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese antiwar 'kyogen' comedy to be staged in Paris

KYOTO, Japan - Scriptwriter Takeshi Umehara speaks at a press conference in Kyoto on March 10. He said that a Japanese traditional ''kyogen'' comic theater presentation will be staged from April 27 to 29 in Paris to deliver an antiwar message. Kyogen is a comic form of Noh drama and one of the traditional theaters in Japan that flourished from the mid-14th century. (Kyodo)

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Nomura Mansai supervises Tokyo theater

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura Mansai, 36, a Noh comedy performer, has served as supervisor of Tokyo's Setagaya public theater since Aug. 1. (Kyodo)

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Children perform their first Noh play 'Tsuchigumo'

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kazuma Kobayashi (C), an 18-year-old high school student wearing a formal 'shozoku' (Noh costume), plays the lead role, or 'shite,' in a performance of 'Tsuchigumo' (Spider) on Dec. 24 at Kawasaki City Noh Theater, southwest of Tokyo. The Noh drama depicts the struggle between villagers and a spider monster who pretends to be human. Orio Okuma (R front), a 14-year-old junior high school student, performs the role of the warrior who fights the spider in the 'waki,' or supporting role.

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Noh performed for 1st time in S. Korea

ANDONG, South Korea - ''Noh,'' a kind of classical Japanese theater, is performed for the first time in South Korea on Sept. 26. The performance, held in Andong City, North Kyongsang Province, was part of recent government moves to open the country to Japanese culture. Some 500 local residents and tourists attended the performance, which was organized by a Japan-based civic group to promote bilateral cultural exchanges between the two countries.