Post on 06-Feb-2022
Prints by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) ; the portrait on the left is a domestic scene, the one on
the right is of a bijinga (beautiful person)
Noh Theater -Noh is the oldest of Japan’s theatrical arts.
-It includes music, dance, and sculpture as well as drama.
-It is more restrained and less extroverted than Kabuki, Japan’s other major theatrical art.
-Actors wear masks and perform on a simple stage typically resembling a Shinto shrine, often with a figure representing a pine tree in the background.
Kabuki plays, in contrast, are more extravagant, with many dances and with actors wearing make-up rather
than masks
Poetry (haiku esp.) On the Road to Nara (by Matsuo Basho)
Oh, these Spring Days! A nameless little mountain, Wrapped in morning hazel.