The programme features two innovative performances that demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Japanese noh drama, one of the oldest continuing performance forms in the world. The first is Rockaby, ...

* Mai-Hayashi will be performed in Japanese and Kyogen in English. To nanori-bue solo flute music, Judy enters and announces that it is the anniversary of Elvis’s death. She explains that she is from ...

On April 7, 2024, the TV anime series Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations announced a new line of merchandise through artworks, featuring their main characters holding traditional ...

On the first anniversary of the passing of composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japan premiere of his latest experimental opera, "Time," comes to life at the New National Theatre in Tokyo. “Time” blurs the ...

The Tsuzumi has a sharp, rhythmic sound that is ideal for building tension and excitement. The nohkan is a bamboo flute used in traditional Japanese Noh theatre. It has a deep, rich sound ideal for ...

This instrument has been playing an important part in Shinto ceremonies, folk music, and Noh theatre. Nohkan is a traversed Japanese flute made with bamboo. The Japanese Noh actor, and musician ...

In this article you will get to know all the traditional Japanese musical instruments. There are dozens of instruments of Japanese origin, let's try to briefly talk about each of them and list them.