List of Noh plays (A–M)
This is a complete 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.
Some plays are given different names by different schools. The words bangai kyoku signify that a play is no longer part of current repertoire.
Name |
Kanji |
Cat |
Author |
Adachi ga hara
=Kurozuka |
安達原
or 黒塚 |
2 |
Zeami |
Aisomegawa |
藍染川 |
4/5 |
unknown |
Akechi uchi
Conquest of Akechi |
明智討 |
2 |
Ōmura Yūko |
Akogi |
阿漕 |
4 |
unknown |
Ama
Diver Woman |
海女
or 海士 |
5 |
unknown |
Aoi no ue
Lady Aoi |
葵上 |
4 |
unknown, rev. Zeami |
Arashiyama |
嵐山 |
1 |
Komparu Zenpō |
Aridōshi |
蟻通 |
4 |
Zeami |
Asagao |
朝顔(槿) |
? |
??? |
Ashikari
The Reed Cutter |
芦刈
or 葦刈 |
4 |
Zeami |
Asukagawa
Asuka River |
飛鳥川 |
4 |
unknown |
Atago Kūya |
愛宕空也 |
5 |
Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu |
Ataka |
安宅 |
4 |
unknown |
Atsumori |
敦盛 |
2 |
Zeami |
Awaji |
淡路 |
1 |
kusemai by Zeami |
Aya no Tsuzumi
The Damask Drum |
綾鼓 |
4 |
unknown |
Bashō
The Basho Tree |
芭蕉 |
3 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Bukan |
豊干 |
4 |
unknown |
Chibiki |
千引 |
5 |
unknown |
Chikubushima |
竹生島 |
1 |
unknown |
Chōbuku Soga |
調伏曽我 |
4 |
Miyamasu |
Chōryō |
張良 |
5 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Chūrei |
忠霊 |
? |
??? |
Daibutsu kuyō
=Nara mōde
Dedication Rite
for Great Buddha |
大仏供養
or 奈良詣 |
4 |
unknown |
Daie |
大会 |
5 |
unknown |
Daihanya |
大般若 |
4/5 |
bangai kyoku
revived 1983 |
Dairokuten |
第六天 |
5 |
unknown |
Danpū
Sandalwood Winds (?) |
檀風
or 壇風 |
4/5 |
unknown |
Darani Ochiba
see also Ochiba |
陀羅尼落葉 |
3 |
unknown |
Dōjōji |
道成寺 |
4 |
unknown |
Dōmyōji |
道明寺 |
1 |
unknown |
Ebira |
箙 |
2 |
unknown |
Eboshi-ori
The Eboshi Maker |
烏帽子折 |
5 |
Miyamasu |
Eguchi
Mouth-of-Sound |
江口 |
3 |
Kan'ami, rev. Zeami |
Ema
The Votive Tablet |
絵馬 |
1 |
Kongō nanigashi |
Enoshima |
江野島
or 江島 |
1 |
Kanze Nagatoshi |
Fuji
The Spirit of the Wisteria |
藤 |
3 |
unknown |
Fujidaiko
Fuji's drum |
富士太鼓 |
4 |
unknown |
Fujisan |
富士山
or 不二山 |
1 |
unknown |
Fujito
The Wisteria Gate |
藤戸 |
4 |
unknown |
Funabashi
The Boat Bridge |
船橋 |
4 |
unknown, rev. Zeami |
Funa Benkei
Benkei on Board |
舟弁慶
or 船弁慶 |
5 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Fushimi |
伏見 |
? |
Zeami? |
Futari Giō
=Giō |
二人祇王 |
3 |
unknown |
Futari Shizuka
The Two Shizukas |
二人静 |
3 |
unknown |
Gekkyūden
=Tsurukame |
月宮殿 |
1 |
unknown |
Gendayu |
源太夫 |
1 |
Kiami |
Genji kuyō
Commemoration of Genji |
源氏供養 |
3 |
unknown |
Genjō
=Kenjō |
玄象
or 絃上 |
? |
Kawakami kannushi? |
Genpuku Soga |
元服曽我 |
4 |
Miyamasu? |
Genzai nue |
現在鵺 |
5 |
unknown |
Genzai shichimen |
現在七面 |
4 |
unknown |
Genzai Tadanori |
現在忠度 |
4 |
unknown |
Genzai Tomoe |
現在巴 |
4 |
unknown |
Giō |
祇王 |
3 |
unknown |
Go |
碁 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Goō |
護法 |
4 |
unknown |
Hachi no ki
The Potted Trees |
鉢木 |
4 |
unknown |
Hagoromo
The Feather Mantle |
羽衣 |
3 |
unknown |
Hajitomi
The Lattice Shutter |
半蔀 |
3 |
Naitō nanigashi
(Zaemon?) |
Hakurakuten |
白楽天 |
1 |
unknown |
Hana-ikusa |
花軍 |
4 |
Kanze Nagatoshi |
Hanagatami
The Flower Basket |
花筐 |
4 |
Zeami |
Hanjo
Lady Han |
斑女 |
4 |
Zeami |
Hashi Benkei
Benkei on the Bridge |
橋弁慶 |
4 |
unknown |
Hatsuyuki
Virgin Snow |
初雪 |
4 |
Komparu Zenpō |
Hibariyama
Skylark Mountain |
雲雀山 |
4 |
unknown |
Higaki
The Cypress Fence |
桧垣 |
3 |
Zeami |
Himuro |
氷室 |
1 |
Miyamasu |
Hitachi-obi |
常陸帯 |
4/5 |
unknown |
Hiun |
飛雲 |
5 |
unknown |
Hōjōgawa
The River for Setting Things Free |
放生川 |
1 |
Zeami |
Hōkazō
The Hoka Priest(s) |
放下僧 |
4 |
unknown |
Hōso |
彭祖 |
4 |
unknown |
Hotoke no hara |
仏原 |
3 |
unknown |
Hyakuman
Million |
百万 |
4 |
Kan'ami, rev. Zeami |
Ikarikazuki
The Anchor Draping |
碇潜 |
5 |
Komparu Zenpō |
Ikenie
The Pool Sacrifice |
生贄
or 池贄 |
? |
??? |
Ikkaku sennin
One-Horned Wizard |
一角仙人 |
5 |
Komparu Zenpō |
|
Name |
Kanji |
Cat |
Author |
Ikuta Atsumori |
生田敦盛 |
2 |
Komparu Zenpō |
Iwafune |
岩船 |
1 |
unknown |
Izutsu
The Well Cradle |
井筒 |
3 |
Zeami |
Jinen koji
Jinen the Preacher |
自然居士 |
4 |
Kan'ami |
Kagekiyo |
景清 |
4 |
unknown |
Kagetsu |
花月 |
4 |
unknown |
Kakitsubata
The Iris |
杜若 |
3 |
Zeami? or Zenchiku |
Kamo |
賀茂 |
1 |
Komparu Zenpō |
Kamo monogurui
Madwoman at Kamo Shrine |
賀茂物狂 |
4 |
unknown |
Kamo no Chōmei |
鴨長明 |
? |
??? |
Kanameishi |
要石 |
? |
??? |
Kanawa
The Iron Crown/Tripod |
鉄輪 |
4 |
unknown |
Kanehira
Imai's End |
兼平 |
2 |
unknown |
Kanemaki |
鐘巻 |
? |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Kannyōkyū
Kannyō Palace |
咸陽宮 |
4 |
unknown |
Kantan
Life and Dream |
邯鄲 |
4 |
unknown |
Kappo |
合浦
or 合甫 |
5 |
unknown |
Kasa sotoba
The Covered Gravepost |
笠卒塔婆 |
? |
Kanze Motomasa?
bangai kyoku |
Kashiwazaki |
柏崎 |
4 |
Enami Saemon, rev. Zeami |
Kasuga Ryūjin
The Kasuga Dragon God |
春日龍神 |
5 |
unknown |
Kayo Komachi
The Courtship of Komachi |
通小町 |
4 |
Kan'ami, rev. Zeami |
Kazuraki |
葛城 |
3 |
Zeami |
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 |
Kan'ami |
Kinuta
The Fulling Block |
砧 |
4 |
Zeami |
Kirikane Soga |
切兼曽我 |
4 |
unknown |
Kiso
Lord Kiso |
木曽 |
4 |
unknown |
Kiyotsune |
清経 |
2 |
Zeami |
Kochō |
胡蝶 |
3 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Kodama Ukifune
The Wood Spirit Ukifune |
木霊浮舟
or 木玉浮舟 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Kogō
Lady Kogō |
小督 |
4 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Koi no Matsubara |
恋の松原 |
4 |
unknown |
Koi no omoni
The Burden of Love |
恋重荷 |
4 |
Zeami |
Kokaji |
小鍛冶 |
5 |
unknown |
Komachi uta arasoi |
??? |
? |
??? |
Komachi sōshi |
??? |
? |
??? |
Kosode Soga
Soga's Robes |
小袖曽我 |
4 |
unknown |
Kōtei |
皇帝 |
5 |
Kanze Nobomitsu |
Kōu |
項羽 |
5 |
unknown |
Kōya monogurui
The Madman of Mt. Kōya |
高野物狂 |
4 |
Zeami, Kanze Motomasa |
Kumasaka
The Robber |
熊坂 |
5 |
unknown |
Kurama tengu |
鞍馬天狗 |
5 |
Miyamasu |
Kureha |
呉服 |
1 |
Zeami? |
Kurikara otoshi
The Fall from Kurikara |
倶利伽羅落 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Kurozuka
=Adachi ga hara |
黒塚 or
安達原 |
2 |
Zeami |
Kurumazō |
車僧 |
5 |
unknown |
Kusanagi |
草薙 |
4 |
unknown |
Kuse no to |
久世戸 |
1 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Kusu no tsuyu
Camphor Tree in Dew |
楠露 |
4 |
unknown |
Kuzu |
国栖 |
5 |
unknown |
Maiguruma
The Dance Waggons |
舞車 |
4 |
bangai kyoku |
Makiginu
Rolls of Silk |
巻絹 |
3 |
unknown |
Makura Jidō
Jidō and the Pillow
Kiku Jidō |
枕慈童 |
4 |
unknown |
Manjū
see also Nakamitsu (K) |
満仲 |
4 |
unknown |
Mari
The Football |
鞠 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Matsu no o |
松尾 |
1 |
unknown |
Matsukaze
The Wind in the Pines |
松風 |
3 |
Kan'ami, rev. Zeami |
Matsumushi
The Pine Cricket |
松虫 |
4 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Matsuyama kagami
The Mirror of Matsuyama |
松山鏡 |
5 |
unknown |
Matsuyama tengu |
松山天狗 |
5 |
unknown |
Mekari |
和布刈 |
1 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Michimori |
通盛 |
2 |
Seiami, rev. Zeami |
Miidera |
三井寺 |
4 |
unknown |
Mimosuso
=Mimosuso-gawa |
御裳濯 |
1 |
Zeami? |
Minase |
水無瀬 |
4 |
unknown |
Minazuki-barae
June Purification Rite |
水無月祓 |
4 |
Zeami |
Minobu |
身延 |
3 |
unknown |
Mitsuyama
Three Mountains |
三山 |
4 |
unknown |
Miwa |
三輪 |
3 |
Zeami? |
Mochizuki |
望月 |
4 |
unknown |
Momijigari
The Maple Viewing |
紅葉狩 |
5 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Morihisa |
盛久 |
4 |
Kanze Motomasa |
Motomezuka
The Grave Sought |
求塚 |
4 |
Kan'ami? |
Murogimi |
室君 |
4 |
unknown |
Murozumi |
室住 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Mutsura |
六浦 |
3 |
Komparu? |
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References
This list is largely a condensed version of that compiled by Michael Watson at Meiji Gakuin University, which includes more information on translations into European languages and relevant journal articles. [1]