Selected Resources on Noh at UH Manoa

Want to prep yourself for the Noh performance at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Orvis Auditorium this Saturday, February 7 at 7:30pm? Librarian Tokiko Bazzell with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Asia Collection Department gathered these Noh resources that are available through the University of Hawai‘i library system.

Selected Resources on Noh

as collected by 

Tokiko Bazzell
Asia Collection Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Guides/Introductions

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=853568

Author: O'Neill, P. G. (Patrick Geoffrey), 1924-

Title: A guide to Nō

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3331344

Author: Maruoka, Daiji, 1913-

Title: Noh

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=614038

Title: Essays on Noh and Kyogen and two new translations / James R. Brandon ... [and others].

Variant Title: Noh & kyōgen (including “Noh masks”)

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1925796

Title: Nōh and Kyōgen : an interpretive guide

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1598086

Author: Keene, Donald.

Title: Nō ; and, Bunraku : two forms of Japanese theatre

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=129693

Author: Keene, Donald.

Title: Nō; the classical theatre of Japan

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1366277

 Author: Konparu, Kunio, 1926-

 Title: The noh theater : principles and perspectives

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2349960

Author: Rath, Eric C., 1967-

Title: The ethos of Noh : actors and their art

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1433742

Author: Shimazaki, Chifumi, 1910-

Title: The Noh (include general information about Noh)

Noh Masks

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3198470

Author: Udaka, Michishige.

Title: The secrets of noh masks

Zeami

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2466275

Author: Quinn, Shelley Fenno.

Title: Developing Zeami : the Noh actor's attunement in practice

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2248674

Author: Terasaki, Etsuko.

Title: Figures of desire : wordplay, spirit possession, fantasy, madness, and mourning in Japanese noh plays

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=992869

Author: Elzey, John M.

Title: Structure and imagery in the Noh Plays of Zeami Motokiyo

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1263355

Author: Zeami, 1363-1443.

Title: On the art of the nō drama : the major treatises of Zeami ; translated by J. Thomas Rimer, Yamazaki Masakazu

Kiyotsune

·       https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=437173

Author: Yamamoto, Jirō, 1910-

Title: Nō jōruri kabuki / Yamamoto Jirō, Tokue Gensei hen.

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1423663

Author: Reiter, Seymour.

Title: World theater; the structure and meaning of drama (inside Zeami's Kiyotsun is described)

·      https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=8212
Sound Recording (Phonodisc) @ Sinclair Wong A/V
Title: Kiyotsune / ji Kondō Kennosuke, Tosaka Takeo [sound recording]

·      Web site on Kiyotsune play with bilingual story plot

http://www.the-noh.com/en/plays/data/program_020.html

·      “A Study of Life and Death in Noh Play Kiyotsune” (research paper on Kiyotsune)
http://atlantic.gssc.nihon-u.ac.jp/~ISHCC/bulletin/05/5017.pdf

Opportunity to see Noh masters perform in Honolulu

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Outreach College Presents

The Samurai Warrior on the Noh Stage

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Orvis Auditorium

Saturday, February 7, 2015 • 7:30pm

Two of the most respected young Noh actors, Munenori and Fumiyuki Takeda, present excerpts of the warrior play Kiyotsune.  Written by Zeami (1363-1443), who is considered the foremost writer of Noh, Kiyotsune tells a tale of Taira no Kiyotsune.  Distraught to be on the losing side of the Gempei War, Kiyotsune commits suicide.  He returns, in ghost form, to his wife who is distraught that he failed keep his promise to return to her.  The two share their longing and vent their resentments.  Kiyotsune recounts his final days and existence in hell until his prayers release him and he enters the Western Paradise of Amida Buddha.    

About the artists

Munenori Takeda has performed on the Noh stage since the age of two.  He is part of a prestigious family of Noh actors belonging to the Kanze school of Noh, which traces its roots to the 1300s. Munenori's father, grandfather, and several of his uncles are all certified as "Living National Treasures" in Japan.  He is active in promoting Noh for the young and for wider audiences, giving workshops, seminars, and performances involving audience participation. His magnetic stage presence has won him fans well beyond the confines of the Noh world, and he is widely recognized as one of the most talented young Noh performers.

Cousin to Munenori, Fumiyuki Takeda first took the stage at age three.  His father is also a “Living National Treasure” and a major figure in the Kanze School of Noh Theater.  In 2008, Fumiyuki and fellow Noh performers born in 1977 formed the “Nanaju Nana Nen Kai” (literally, the ‘1977 Club’). The group has given many performances and workshops, gaining wide popularity.

Tickets are available: on line at www.outreach.hawaii.edu/community, by phone at 944-2697, or at the Stan Sheriff Center and UH Mānoa Campus Center box offices.  Service charges apply.  Advance sales end at midnight the day prior to the performance. At the door sales begin 1 hour before performance begins.  For more information, call 956-8246.

Presented by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Outreach College in association with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Theatre & Dance and Music Departments, Maui Arts & Cultural Center and the Performing Arts Presenters of Hawaii.  Supported in part by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.