List of Noh plays

This is a complete[1] list of extant pre-modern Noh plays, their supposed authors, and categorisations. A short English translation of the title is given where one exists. A list of those plays which have a separate article on Wikipedia can be found here.

Categories of plays

Some plays are given different names by different schools. The words bangai kyoku signify that a play is no longer part of current repertoire.

The number in parentheses after the play title refers to the play type: (1) god plays; (2) warrior plays; (3) woman plays; (4) madman plays; and (5) devil plays.[2]

The first group of plays are congratulatory pieces and have the atmosphere of rejoicing. The shite is a god who praises the peace and prosperity of the land and performs a dance in celebration. Famous examples are Takasago and Chikubu-shima.

The second group of plays features a shite that is generally a famous warrior of either the Taira or the Minamoto clan. In most plays, the ghost of the warrior appears and tells of the torments it is suffering, but in certain plays such as Tamura and Tadanori, which belong to this class, the atmosphere is rather one of quiet elegance. Famous examples are Michimori and Ebira.

The third group of plays features a shite that is usually a young and beautiful woman, and the atmosphere in play of this class is of gentle, elegant beauty. Apart from the dances, these pieces usually have little movement, but the music is more melodious than in other plays and takes a large part in achieving the total effect. Famous examples include Izutsu, Hagomoro, Yo-hiki.

The fourth group of plays contains twice as many plays as any other group and includes many different types, but in general these plays are more dramatic than any others. They include "madman" pieces (e.g., Koya Monogurui, Tsuchi-guruma); "mad-woman" plays (e.g., Sumidagawa, Hana-gatami); "present-life" pieces, in which the shite is, with only one or two exceptions, a man and unmasked (e.g., Hachi no Ki, Ataka); "obsession" pieces (e.g., Uto, Aya no Tsuzumi).

The fifth group of plays usually features a shite that is a supernatural being, a god or a devil in some form. The plays in this group generally have two acts, and the tempo is faster than in other plays. Famous examples include Orochi, Kurama Tengu, Shakkyo.[3]

List

Name Kanji Cat Author Schools
Adachi ga hara
=Kurozuka
安達原
or 黒塚
2 Zeami All schools
Aisome-gawa 藍染川 5 unknown Kanze and Komparu schools
Akechi uchi
Conquest of Akechi
明智討 2 Ōmura Yūko
Akogi 阿漕 4 Zeami All schools
Ama
Diver Woman / The Fisher-girl
海女
or 海士
or
5 Zeami All schools
[[Aoi no ue
The Lady Aoi |Aoi no ue]]
Lady Aoi
葵上 4 unknown, rev. Zeami All schools
Arashiyama 嵐山 1 Komparu Zenpō All schools
Aridōshi 蟻通 4 Zeami All schools
Asagao 朝顔(槿) ? ???
Ashikari
The Reed Cutter
芦刈
or 葦刈
4 Zeami All schools
Asukagawa
Asuka River
飛鳥川 4 Zeami Kongo and Kita schools
Atago Kūya 愛宕空也 5 Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu
Ataka 安宅 4 Kojiro All schools
Atsumori 敦盛 2 Zeami All schools
Awaji 淡路 1 kusemai by Zeami Kanze, Komparu, and Kongo schools
Aya no Tsuzumi
The Damask Drum
綾鼓 4 Zeami Hosho and Kongo schools. Kita school (revised version)
Bashō
The Basho Tree
芭蕉 3 Komparu Zenchiku All schools
Bukan 豊干 4 unknown
Chibiki 千引 5 unknown
Chikubushima 竹生島 1 unknown All schools
Chōbuku Soga
The Vengeance Ritual
調伏曽我 5 Miyamasu Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Chōryō
Chiang Liang
張良 5 Kojiro All schools
Chūrei 忠霊 ? ???
Daibutsu Kuyō
=Nara mōde (Komparu name)
Dedication Rite
for Great Buddha
大仏供養
or 奈良詣
4 unknown All schools
Daie
The Great Service
大会 5 unknown All schools
Daihanya 大般若 4/5 bangai kyoku
revived 1983
Dairokuten 第六天 5 unknown Kanze school
Dampū
The Holy Wind
檀風
or 壇風
5 Zeami Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Darani Ochiba
see also Ochiba
陀羅尼落葉 3 unknown
Dōjōji 道成寺 4 unknown All schools
Dōmyōji 道明寺 1 Zeami Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Ebira
The Quiver
2 Zeami All schools
Eboshi-ori
The Haymaker
烏帽子折 5 Miyamasu Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Eguchi
Mouth-of-Sound
江口 3 Kan'ami, rev. Zeami All schools
Ema
The Votive Tablet
絵馬 1 Kongō nanigashi Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Enoshima 江野島
or 江島
1 Yajiro Kanze school
Fue no Maki
The Flute
笛の巻 4 unknown Kanze school
Fuji
Wisteria
3 Sa-ami Kanze, Hosho, and Kongo schools
Fujidaiko
Fuji's drum
富士太鼓 4 Zeami All schools
Fujisan 富士山
or 不二山
1 Zeami Komparu and Kongo schools
Fujito
The Wisteria Gate
藤戸 4 Zeami All schools
Funabashi
The Floating Bridge
船橋 4 Zeami All schools
Funa Benkei
Benkei in the Boat
舟弁慶
or 船弁慶
5 Kojiro All schools
Fushimi 伏見 ? Zeami?
Futari Giō
=Giō
二人祇王 3 Zeami Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Futari Shizuka
The Two Shizukas
二人静 3 Zeami Kanze, Komparu, Kongo, and Kita schools
Gekkyūden
=Tsurukame
月宮殿 1 unknown All schools
Gendayu 源太夫 1 Zeami Komparu and Kita schools
Genji kuyō
The Mass For Prince Genji
源氏供養 3 Zeami All schools
Genjō
=Kenjō
玄象
or 絃上
5 Kongo All schools
Genpuku Soga 元服曽我 4 Miyamasu?
Genzai nue 現在鵺 5 unknown
Genzai Shichimen 現在七面 5 unknown Kanze and Kongo schools
Genzai Tadanori 現在忠度 4 unknown
Genzai Tomoe 現在巴 4 unknown
Giō 祇王 3 unknown
Go ? bangai kyoku
Goō 護法 4 unknown
Hachi No Ki
The Dwarf Trees
鉢木 4 Kan-ami All schools
Hagoromo
The Robe of Feathers
羽衣 3 Zeami All schools
Hajitomi
The Wicket Gate
半蔀 3 Naitō Tozaemon All schools
Hakurakuten 白楽天 1 Zeami Kanze, Komparu, Kongo, and Kita schools
Hana-ikusa 花軍 4 Kanze Nagatoshi
Hanagatami
The Flower Basket
花筐 4 Zeami All schools
Hanjo
The Girl Whose Lover Went Away
斑女 4 Zeami All schools
Hashi Benkei
Benkei on the Bridge
橋弁慶 4 unknown All schools
Hatsuyuki
Virgin Snow
初雪 4 Komparu Zempō Komparu school
Hibariyama
Skylark Mountain
雲雀山 4 Zeami All schools
Higaki
The Cypress Fence
桧垣 3 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Himuro 氷室 1 Miyamasu All schools
Hitachi-obi 常陸帯 4/5 unknown
Hiun 飛雲 5 unknown Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Hōjōgawa
The River for Setting Things Free
放生川 1 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Komparu, and Kongo schools
Hōkazō
The Hoka Priest(s)
放下僧 4 Miyamasu All schools
Hōso 彭祖 4 unknown
Hotoke no hara 仏原 3 Zeami Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Hyakuman
Million
百万 4 Zeami All schools
Ikarikazuki
The Anchor for a Hand-stone
碇潜 5 Komparu Zenpō Kanze and Kongo schools
Ikenie
The Pool Sacrifice
生贄
or 池贄
? ???
Ikkaku sennin
The Horned Hermit
一角仙人 5 Komparu Zenpō Kanze, Komparu, and Kita schools
Ikuta Atsumori 生田敦盛 2 Komparu Zenpō Kanze, Hosho, Komparu, and Kongo schools
Iwafune 岩船 1 unknown All schools
Izutsu
The Well
井筒 3 Zeami All schools
Jinen koji
Jinen the Preacher
自然居士 4 Kan'ami All schools
Kagekiyo 景清 4 Zeami All schools
Kagetsu 花月 4 Zeami All schools
Kakitsubata
The Irises
杜若 3 Zeami All schools
Kamo 賀茂 1 Zenchiku All schools
Kamo monogurui
Madwoman at Kamo Shrine
賀茂物狂 4 Zenchiku Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Kamo no Chōmei 鴨長明 ? ???
Kanameishi 要石 ? ???
Kanawa
The Iron Crown/Tripod
鉄輪 4 Zeami All schools
Kanehira
Imai's End
兼平 2 Zeami All schools
Kanemaki 鐘巻 ? Kanze Nobumitsu
Kannyōkyū
The Palace of Hsienyang
咸陽宮 4 unknown Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Kantan
Life and Dream
邯鄲 4 Zeami All schools
Kappo 合浦
or 合甫
5 unknown Kanze school
Kasa sotoba
The Covered Gravepost
笠卒塔婆 ? Kanze Motomasa?
bangai kyoku
Kashiwa-zaki 柏崎 4 Enami All schools
Kasuga Ryūjin
The Kasuga Dragon God
春日龍神 5 Zeami All schools
Kayoi Komachi
Komachi and the Suitor
通小町 4 Kan'ami All schools
Kazuraki 葛城 3 Zeami All schools
Kazuraki tengu 葛城天狗 5 Kanze Nagatoshi
Kenjō
Genjō
絃上
or 玄象
5 Kawakami kannushi
Kiku jidō
Makura jidō
菊慈童
or 枕慈童
4 unknown
Kinsatsu
The Golden Tablet
金札 1 Zeami All schools
Kinuta
The Fulling Board
4 Zeami All schools
Kirikane Soga 切兼曽我 4 unknown
Kiso
Lord Kiso
木曽 4 unknown Kanze school
Kiyotsune 清経 2 Zeami All schools
Kochō
The Butterfly
胡蝶 3 Kojiro Kanze, Hosho and Kongo schools
Kodama Ukifune
The Wood Spirit Ukifune
木霊浮舟
or 木玉浮舟
? bangai kyoku
Kogō
Lady Kogō
小督 4 Zenchiku All schools
Koi no Matsubara 恋の松原 4 unknown
Koi no Omoni
The Burden of Love
恋重荷 4 Zeami Kanze school
Kokaji 小鍛冶 5 unknown All schools
Komachi uta arasoi ??? ? ???
Komachi sōshi ??? ? ???
Kosode Soga
Soga's Robes
小袖曽我 4 Miyamasu All schools
Kōtei
The Emperor
皇帝 5 Kojiro Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Kōu
Hsiang You
項羽 5 Zeami All schools
Kōya monogurui
The Madman of Mt. Kōya
高野物狂 4 Zeami, Kanze Motomasa Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Kumasaka
The Robber
熊坂 5 Zenchiku All schools
Kurama-tengu
The Goblin of Kurama
鞍馬天狗 5 Miyamasu All schools
Kureha 呉服 1 Zeami All schools
Kurikara otoshi
The Fall from Kurikara
倶利伽羅落 ? bangai kyoku
Kurozuka
=Adachi ga hara (Kanze name)
黒塚 or
安達原
5 unknown All schools
Kurumazō
The Carriage Priest
車僧 5 Zeami All schools
Kusanagi 草薙 5 unknown Hosho school
Kusenoto 久世戸 1 Kojiro Kanze school
Kusu no tsuyu
Camphor Tree in Dew
楠露 4 unknown Kanze school
Kuzu 国栖 5 Zeami All schools
Maiguruma
The Dance Waggons
舞車 4 bangai kyoku
Makiginu
The Rolls of Silk
巻絹 4 Kan-ami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Makura Jidō
Jidō and the Pillow
Kiku Jidō
枕慈童 4 unknown All schools
Manjū
see also Nakamitsu (Kanze name)
満仲 4 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Mari
The Football
? bangai kyoku
Matsu-no-o 松尾 1 Zeami Hosho school
Matsukaze
The Wind in the Pines
松風 3 Zeami All schools
Matsumushi
The Chirp of the Crickets
松虫 4 Keami All schools
Matsuyama kagami
The Mirror of Matsuyama
松山鏡 5 unknown Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Matsuyama tengu 松山天狗 5 unknown Kongo schools
Me-kari 和布刈 1 Zenchiku Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Michimori 通盛 2 Iami All schools
Miidera (play) 三井寺 4 unknown All schools
Mi-mosuso
=The Train of the Heavenly Robe
御裳濯 1 Zeami Komparu school
Minase 水無瀬 4 unknown Kita school
Minazuki-barae
The Purification Ceremony in the Sixth Month
水無月祓 4 Zeami Kanze school
Minobu 身延 3 unknown Kanze school
Mitsuyama
The Three Mountains
三山 4 Zeami Hosho and Kongo schools
Miwa 三輪 3 Zeami All schools
Mochizuki 望月 4 Sa-ami All schools
Momiji-gari
The Maple Viewing
紅葉狩 5 Kojiro All schools
Morihisa 盛久 4 Motomasa All schools
Motomezuka
The Burial Mound
求塚 4 Kan'ami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Muro gimi
The Courtesans of Muro
室君 4 unknown Kanze and Komparu schools
Murozumi 室住 ? bangai kyoku
Mutsura 六浦 3 Zeami All schools
Nakamitsu
=Kanze name for Manjū
仲光
or 満仲
4 Zeami
Naniwa 難波 1 Zeami All schools
Nara mōde
=Komparu name for Daibutsu kuyō
奈良詣
or 大仏供養
4 unknown
Nezame 寝覚 1 unknown Kanze school
Nishikido 錦戸 4 Miyamasu Kanze and Hosho schools
Nishiki-gi
The Decorated Tree
錦木 4 Zeami All schools
Niwatori Tatsuta 鶏竜田 5 unknown
Nomori
Guardian of the Fields
野守 5 Zeami All schools
Nonomiya
The Shrine in the Fields
野宮 3 Zeami All schools
Nue
The Fabulous Bird
5 Zeami All schools
Oba-sute
The Old Woman Abandoned in the Hills
姨捨 3 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Ochiba (no miya)
Fallen Leaves
落葉(宮) 3 Zeami Kongo school
Ōe-yama
Demon of Ōeyama
大江山 5 Miyamasu All schools
Ohara gokō
The Imperial Visit to Ohara
大原御幸
or 小原御幸
3 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Oimatsu
The Aged Pine
老松 1 Zeami All schools
Okina
The Old Man
0 (unique) unknown All schools
Omina-meshi
Damsel Flower
女郎花 4 Zeami All schools
Ōmu Komachi
Komachi and the Echoing Poem
鸚鵡小町 3 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Orochi
The Dragon
大蛇 5 Kojiro Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Oshio 小塩 3 Zenchiku All schools
Ō-yashiro
The Great Shrine
大社 1 Yajiro Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Raiden
Thunder and Lightning (Kongo name: Tsumado)
雷電; Hosho: 来殿 5 Miyamasu Kanze, Hosho, and Kita schools
Rashōmon 羅生門 5 Kojiro Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Rinzō
The Revolving Sutra Case
輪蔵 1 Yajiro Kanze and Kita schools
Rō-taiko
The Prison Drum
籠太鼓 4 Zeami All schools
Rō Giō
Prison Giō
籠祇王 3 Kanze Motomasa?
Ryōko
The Dragon and the Tiger
龍虎 5 Kojiro Kanze and Kita schools
Sagi
The Heron
4 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Saigyōzakura
Saigyō's and the Cherry Blossom
西行桜 4 Zeami All schools
Saka-hoko
The Spear of the Gods
逆鉾 1 Miyamasu Kanze school
Sakura-gawa
Cherry River
桜川 4 Zeami All schools
Sakurai-eki
The Post-town of Sakurai (earlier form of Kusu no Tsuru)
桜井(駅) 4 unknown All schools
Sanemori 実盛 2 Zeami All schools
Sanshō
Laughter Among the Sages
三笑 4 unknown Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Sasaki 佐々木 ? Heike (book 9)
Sao-yama 佐保山 1 Zeami All schools
Seigan-ji 誓願寺 3 Zeami All schools
Sei-ōbo
Hsi Wang Mu
西王母 1 Zeami All schools
Sekidera Komachi
Komachi at Sekidera Temple
関寺小町 3 Zeami All schools
Sekihara Yoichi 関寺与市 4 unknown Kita school
Semimaru 蝉丸 4 Zeami All schools
Senju 千手
or 千寿
3 Zenchiku All schools
Sesshōseki
The Death Rock
殺生石 5 Sa-ami All schools
Settai
The Welcome
摂待 4 Miyamasu Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Shakkyō
The Stone Bridge
石橋 5 Motomasa All schools
Shari
The Bones of the Buddha
舎利 5 Zeami All schools
Shichiki-ochi
Seven Escape
七騎落 4 All schools
Shiga 志賀 1 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Shigehira
=Kasa sotoba
重衡 2 unknown
Shigemori 重盛 4 bangai kyoku
Shikiji monogurui 敷地物狂 4 bangai kyoku
Shikimi tengu
Goblins among the Flowers
樒天狗 ? unknown
Shirahige 白髭 1 Kan-ami Kanze, Comparu, and Kita schools
Shironushi 代主 1 Zeami Kanze school
Shōjō
The Tippling Elf
猩々 5 unknown All schools
Shō-ki 鍾馗 5 Zeami All schools
(Ō) Shōkun
Wang Zhaojun
(王)昭君 5 Komparu Gon-no-kami All schools
Shōzon 正尊 4 Yajiro Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Shunkan
Kita name: Kikaigashima
俊寛
or 鬼界島
4 Zeami All schools
Shun-ei 春栄 4 Zeami All schools
Shunzei Tadanori
Shunzei and Tadanori
俊成忠度 2 Naitō Tozaemon Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Sonoda 園田 ? ?
Sōshi-arai Komachi
Komachi and the Forget Entry
草紙洗(小町) 3 Kan-ami All schools
Sotoba Komachi
Komachi and Sotoba
卒都婆小町 4 Kan-ami All schools
Suma Genji
Prince Genji's Exile in Suma
須磨源氏 5 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Sumida-gawa
The Sumida River
隅田川
or 角田川
4 Motomasa All schools
Sumiyoshi mōde
The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi
住吉詣 3 unknown Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Sumizomezakura 墨染桜 3 unknown
Tadanobu 忠信 4 Zenchiku Kanze and Hosho schools
Tadanori 忠度 2 Zeami All schools
Taema 当麻 5 Zeami All schools
Taihei shōjō
The Tippling Elves and the Vat of Wine
大瓶猩々 5 unknown Kanze school
Taisampukun
Archdemon Taisan
泰山府君 5 Zeami Kongo school
Taisei Taishi 太施太子
or 泰世太子
? Nobumitsu
bangai kyoku
Taiten 大典 1 ???
Takasago/Aioi
Growing Old Together
高砂
or 相老
1 Zeami All schools
Take no yuki
Snow on the Bamboo
竹雪 4 Zeami Hosho and Kita schools
Tama-kazura
The Jeweled Chaplet
玉葛
or 玉鬘
4 Zenchiku All schools
Tama-no-i
Jewelled Well
玉井 1 Kojiro Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Tamura 田村 2 Zeami All schools
Tango monogurui
The Madman of Tango
丹後物狂 4 Iami, rev. Zeami
bangai kyoku
Tanikō
Burial Alive
谷行 5 Zenchiku All schools
Tankai 湛海 4 unknown
Tatsuta 龍田
or 竜田
4 Zenchiku All schools
Teika 定家 3 Zeami All schools
Tenko
The Drum from Heaven
天鼓 4 Zeami All schools
Tōboku
The Northeastern Hall
東北 3 Zeami All schools
Tōbō-saku 東方朔 1 Komparu Zenpō Kanze, Komparu, and Kita schools
Tōei 藤永
or 藤栄
4 Zeami Hosho, Komparu, Kongo, and Kita schools
Tōgan koji 東岸居士 4 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Tokusa
Scouring Rushes
木賊 4 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Tomoakira 知章 2 Zeami Kanze, Komparu, Kongo, and Kita schools
Tomoe 2 Zeami All schools
Tomonaga 朝長 2 Zeami All schools
Tori-oi-bune
The Bird-scarers (Hosho name: Tori-oi)
鳥追(舟) 4 Kongo Yataro All schools
Tōru
=Shiogama
or
塩釜
5 Zeami All schools
Tōsen
The Chinese ship
唐船 4 Tobi Matagoro All schools
Tsuchi-gumo
The Ground-spider
土蜘蛛 5 unknown All schools
Tsuchi guruma
The Barrow
土車 5 Zeami Kanze and Kita schools
Tsunemasa 経政
or 経正
2 Zeami All schools
Tsurugoaka 鶴岡 ? bangai kyoku
Tsurukame
=Kita name: Gekkyūden
The Crane and Tortoise
鶴亀 or
月宮殿
1 unknown All schools
U no matsuri
Cormorant Festival
鵜祭 1 unknown
Uchito mōde
The Pilgrimage to Ise Shrines
内外詣 1 Kongō Nagayori Kongo school
Ugetsu
The Moon and the Rain
雨月 4 Zenchiku All schools
Ukai
The Cormorant Fisher
鵜飼 5 Enami no Saemon All schools
Ukifune
A Drifting Boat
浮舟 4 Yoko-o Motohisa Kanze, Komparu, Kongo, and Kita schools
Ukon 右近 1 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, and Kongo schools
Ume 3 Kanze Motoakira Kanze school
Ume-ga-e
The Plum Branch
梅枝 4 Zeami All schools
Uneme
The Lady-in-Waiting
釆女 3 Zeami All schools
U-no-Matsuri
The Cormorant Festival
(kanji) 1 Komparu school
Unrin'in
Unrin Temple
雲林院 4 Zeami Kanze, Hosho, Kongo, and Kita schools
Urashima 浦島 1 Kanze Miyamasu
Uroko-gata
The Snake=scale Banner
鱗形 1 unknown Kongo and Kita schools
Uta-ura
The Soothsayer
歌占 4 Motomasa All schools
Utō
Birds of Sorrow
善知鳥 4 Zeami All schools
Utsusemi
The Cicada's Shell
空蝉 ? bangai kyoku
Yamamba
The Old Woman of the Hills
山姥 5 Zeami All schools
Yashima
=Yoshitsune
The Battle of Yashima
八島
or 屋島
or 義経
2 Zeami All schools
Yō-kihi
Everlasting Sorrow
楊貴妃 3 Zenchiku All schools
Yorimasa 頼政 2 Zeami All schools
Yōrō
The Care of the Aged
養老 1 Zeami All schools
Yoro-boshi
The Priest With the Faltering Tread
弱法師 4 Motomasa All schools
Yoshino Shizuka
Shizuka in Yoshino
吉野静 3 Kan'ami All schools
Yoshino Tennin
The Goddess at Yoshino
吉野天人 3 Kojiro Kanze school
Yo-uchi Soga
The Soga Brother's Attach at Night
夜討曽我 4 Miyamasu All schools
Yūgao
Evening Faces
夕顔 3 Zeami Kanze, Kongo, and Kita schools
Yugyō Yanagi
The Priest and the Willow
遊行柳 3 Kojiro All schools
Yuki
Snow
3 unknown Kongo school
Yumi Yawata
The Bow ad the Hachiman Shrine
弓八幡 1 Zeami All schools
Yuya 熊野
or 湯谷
3 Zeami All schools
Zegai 善界,是界
or 是我意
5 Takeda Hoin All schools
Zenji Soga
The Priest Soga
禅師曽我
or 禅師曾我
4 unknown Kanze, Hosho, and Kita schools

Further reading

  • P.G. O'Neil, A Guide to Noh (Hinoki Shoten: 1954), ISBN 9784827909814.
  • The Noh's Database of Noh plays (link)

References

  1. ^ Watson, Michael. "noh translations". Meiji Gakuin University. Retrieved December 5, 2021. All 253 plays in the repertoire of the five schools have been included
  2. ^ "Noh translations". www.meijigakuin.ac.jp.
  3. ^ PG, O'Neil (1954). A Guide to No. Hinoki Shoten.