List of Noh plays (N–Z)

Main article: Noh

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
Nakamitsu =Manjū	仲光 or 満仲	4	Zeami
Naniwa	難波	1	Zeami
Nara mōde =Daibutsu kuyō	奈良詣 or 大仏供養	4	unknown
Nezame	寝覚	1	unknown
Nishikido	錦戸	4	unknown
Nishikigi The Brocade Tree	錦木	4	Zeami
Niwatori Tatsuta	鶏竜田	5	unknown
Nomori Guardian of the Fields	野守	5	Zeami
Nonomiya The Shrine in the Fields	野宮	3	Komparu Zenchiku?
Nue Nightbird	鵺	5	Zeami
Obasute Abandoned Old Lady	姨捨	3	Zeami
Ochiba (no miya) Fallen Leaves	落葉(宮)	3	unknown
Ōeyama Demon of Ōeyama	大江山	5	unknown
Ohara gokō Imperial Visit to Ohara	大原御幸 or 小原御幸	3	unknown
Oimatsu The Ancient Pine	老松	1	Zeami
Okina The Old Man	翁	0	unknown
Ominameshi Damsel Flower	女郎花	4	unknown
Ōmu Komachi Komachi's Parrot-poem	鸚鵡小町	3	unknown
Orochi	大蛇	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Oshio	小塩	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Ōyashiro	大社	?	Kanze Nagatoshi
Raiden	来殿	5	Maeda Nariyasu, rev. Hōshō Gorō Tomoyuki
Raiden	雷電	5	unknown
Rashōmon	羅生門	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Rinzō	輪蔵	1	Kanze Nobutoshi
Rōtaiko Prison Drum	籠太鼓	4	unknown
Rō Giō Prison Giō	籠祇王	3	Kanze Motomasa?
Ryōko	龍虎	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Sagi The White Heron	鷺	3	unknown
Saigyōzakura Saigyō's Cherry Tree	西行桜	3	Zeami
Sakahoko	逆鉾	1	Miyamasu?
Sakuragawa Cherry River	桜川	4	Zeami
Sakurai (no eki)	桜井(駅)	4	Nezu Morizane
Sanemori	実盛	2	Zeami
Sanshō Three Men Laugh	三笑	4	unknown
Sasaki	佐々木	?	Heike (book 9)
Saoyama	佐保山	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Seiganji	誓願寺	3	unknown
Seiōbo Queen Mother of the West	西王母	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Sekidera Komachi Komachi at Sekidera	関寺小町	3	Zeami?
Sekihara Yoichi	関寺与市	4	unknown
Semimaru	蝉丸	4	Zeami?
Senju	千手 or 千寿	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Sesshōseki The Death Stone	殺生石	5	unknown
Settai Hospitality	摂待	4	Miyamasu
Shakkyō	石橋	5	unknown
Shari	舎利	5	unknown
Shichiki ochi Seven Warriors in Flight	七騎落	4	unknown
Shiga	志賀	1	unknown
Shigehira =Kasa sotoba	重衡	2
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 or 白鬚	1	unknown
Shironushi	代主	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Shōjō The Tippling Elf ≠Taihei Shōjō	猩々	5	unknown
Shōki	鍾馗	5	Komparu Zenchiku
(Ō) Shōkun Wang Zhaojun	(王)昭君	5	unknown
Shōzon	正尊	4	Kanze Nobutoshi
Shunkan =Kikaigashima	俊寛 or 鬼界島	4	Komparu Zenchiku?
Shunnei	春栄 or しゅんねい	4	Zeami
Shunzei Tadanori	俊成忠度	2	Naitō Zaemon
Sonoda	園田	?	???
Sōshi arai (Komachi) Komachi Clears Her Name	草紙洗(小町)	3	unknown
Sotoba Komachi Komachi on the Gravepost	卒都婆小町	4	Kan'ami
Suma Genji Genji at Suma Bay	須磨源氏	5	Zeami
Sumidagawa The Sumida River	隅田川 or 角田川	4	Kanze Motomasa
Sumiyoshi mōde Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi	住吉詣	3	unknown
Sumizomezakura	墨染桜	3	unknown

Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Tadanobu	忠信	4	unknown
Tadanori	忠度	2	Zeami
Taema	当麻	5	Zeami
Taihei shōjō The Elf and the Big Jar	大瓶猩々	5	unknown
Taisanpukun Archdemon Taisan	泰山府君	4	unknown
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
Take no yuki Snow on the Bamboos	竹雪	4	unknown
Tamakazura The Jeweled Chaplet	玉葛 or 玉鬘	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Tamanoi Jewel Well	玉井	1	Kanze Nobumitsu
Tamura	田村	2	unknown
Tango monogurui The Madman of Tango	丹後物狂	4	Iami, rev. Zeami bangai kyoku
Tanikō The Valley Rite	谷行	5	unknown
Tankai	湛海	4	unknown
Tatsuta	龍田 or 竜田	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Teika	定家	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Tenko The Heavenly Drum	天鼓	4	unknown
Tōboku The Northeastern Hall	東北	3	unknown
Tōbōsaku	東方朔	1	Komparu Zenpō
Tōei	藤永 or 藤栄	4	unknown
Tōgan koji	東岸居士	4	Zeami?
Tokusa Scouring Rushes	木賊	4	Zeami?
Tomoakira	知章	2	unknown
Tomoe	巴	2	unknown
Tomonaga	朝長	2	Kanze Motomasa?
Torioi(bune) Birdscaring Boat	鳥追(舟)	4	unknown
Tōru =Shiogama	融 or 塩釜	5	Zeami
Tōsen Chinese ship	唐船	4	unknown
Tsuchigomo Spirit of a Spider	土蜘蛛	5	unknown
Tsuchiguruma The Wheelbarrow	土車	5	Zeami
Tsunemasa	経政 or 経正	2	unknown
Tsurugoaka	鶴岡	?	bangai kyoku
Tsurukame =Gekkyūden Crane and Tortoise	鶴亀 or 月宮殿	1	unknown
U no matsuri Cormorant Festival	鵜祭	1	unknown
Uchito mōde Visit to Ise Shrines	内外詣	1	Kongō Nagayori
Ugetsu Rain and Moon	雨月	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Ukai The Cormorant Fisher	鵜飼	5	Enamizaemon Gorō rev. Zeami
Ukifune A Drifting Boat	浮舟	4	Yokō Motohisa rev. Zeami
Ukon	右近	1	Zeami, rev. Kanze Nobumitsu?
Ume	梅	3	Kanze Motoakira
Umegae Plum Branch	梅枝	4	unknown
Uneme	釆女	3	Zeami?
Unoha Cormorant Feathers	鵜羽	?	bangai kyoku revived 1991
Unrin'in Unrin Temple	雲林院	3	unknown
Urashima	浦島	1	Kanze Miyamasu
Urokogata	鱗形	1	unknown
Utaura Soothsaying by verse	歌占	4	Kanze Motomasa
Utō Birds of Sorrow	善知鳥	4	Zeami Motokiyo
Utsusemi The Cicada's Shell	空蝉	?	bangai kyoku
Yamanba The Mountain Crone	山姥	5	Zeami
Yashima =Yoshitsune The Battle of Yashima	八島 or 屋島 or 義経	2	Zeami?
Yōkihi Everlasting Sorrow	楊貴妃	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Yorimasa	頼政	2	Yorimasa
Yōrō Nurturing the Aged	養老	1	Zeami
Yoroboshi Stumbling Beggar Boy	弱法師	4	Kanze Motomasa kuse by Zeami
Yoshino Shizuka Lady Shizuka in Yoshino	吉野静	3	Kan'ami
Yoshino Tennin	吉野天人	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Youchi Soga Soga Brother's Night Attack	夜討曽我	4	Miyamasu
Yūgao Evening Faces	夕顔	3	unknown
Yugyō yanagi The Priest and the Willow	遊行柳	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Yuki Snow	雪	3	unknown
Yumi Yawata	弓八幡	1	Zeami
Yuya	熊野 or 湯谷	3	unknown; Komparu Zenchiku?^[1]
Zegai	善界,是界 or 是我意	5	Takeda Sadamori
Zenji Soga The Priest Soga	禅師曽我 or 禅師曾我	4	unknown

References

^ "...The author is unknown but there is a strong possibility that it was Komparu Zenchiku. See Itō, Yōkyoku Shū, III, p. 506." pg 1052, Seeds in the Heart.

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]