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Explanation of No and Noh contrasted with Nō

The English word Noh or No is in English dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster with one or both of those spellings. The Romanization Nō is a foreign word, and an appropriate indicator of pronunciation of the Japanese word. That's why I put the English words in bold in the first line, and the transliteration inside parentheses along with the kanji.

[edit] "Noh Masks" Section?

I'd say expand on Noh masks. . . That section seems a bit sparse. 69.151.196.177 01:33, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Does anybody know anyplace that sells videos of Noh being preformed. I saw a very small clip once on a documentary about theater when I was in highschool, and have been looking for more ever since.--The_stuart 22:09, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Noh videos and dvds seem to be extremely rare, even in Japan. Last year I gave some money to a Japanese friend who went home, and asked her to buy me something, anything she could get. But she found nothing... There are a few cds with Noh soundtracks though - I like this one - and some Japanese films in which Noh plays can be seen. For example Banshun, where a father and daughter visit a performance of, I think, Hagoromo. Unfortunately that scene lasts only a few minutes.

There's a Japanese film entitled Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (aka The Noh Mask Murders; Toei 1991) that includes several scenes of Noh performances, some of which are reasonably lengthy. It's otherwise a fairly standard detective movie with some comic overtones. I don't know whether it's been translated into English; a cursory search turns up nothing on Amazon. The Japanese version, however, is available here, among other places. As for actual recordings of Noh plays in their entirety... I've never heard mention of any. It seems not to be done. Shimeru 22:26, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)

I've watched a couple in class so they exist