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Noh and kyogen
Noh and kyogen theatre traditions are among the oldest continuous theatre traditions in the world. The earliest existing Kyogen scripts date from the 15th century. Noh was a spiritual drama, combining symbolism from Buddhism and Shintoism and focusing on tales with mythic significance. Kyogen, its comic partner, served as a link between the theological themes of the noh play with the pedestrian world by use of theatrical farce and slapstick. Noh theatre was generally performed for the elite aristocratic class, but there were occasions where noh was also performed for common audiences.
Kabuki
Kabuki combines music, drama, and dance. It uses wild costumes and intense choreography. Until the 1680s, real swords were used in sword fights. Kabuki grew out of opposition to the staid traditions of Noh theatre— dramatists wanted to shock the audience with more lively and timely stories.
Bunraku
Bunraku began in the 16th century. Puppets and bunraku were used in Japanese theatre as early as the Noh plays. medieval records prove the use of puppets in noh plays too. The puppets were 3- to 4-foot-tall (0.91 to 1.52 m) and the dolls were manipulated by puppeteers in full view of the audience. The puppeteers controlling the legs and hands of the puppets are dressed entirely in black, while the head puppeteer in contrast wears a colorful costume.
Bugaku
Bugaku (began in the 7th century) is the Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. In this way, it has been known only to the nobility, although after World War II, the dance was opened to the public and has even toured around the world in 1959. The dance is marked by its slow, precise and regal movements.
