Additional Resources

Fundamentals of Nōgaku

The-noh.com (English and Japanese): https://www.the-noh.com/ 

Nogaku Performer’s Association (English and Japanese): https://www.nohgaku.or.jp/en/guide/kyogen 

UNESCO (English and Japanese): https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/noh/en/index.html 

The University of The Arts Helsinki: https://disco.teak.fi/asia/kyogen-farces-about-human-life/

History and Scholarship

Brandon, James R. Nō and Kyōgen in the Contemporary World. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.

Iezzi, Julie, and Jonah Salz, eds. Asian Theatre Journal 24, no. 1 (2007) (Kyogen Edition)

Morley, Carolyn Anne. Transformation, Miracles, and Mischief : the Mountain Priest Plays of Kyōgen. Ithaca, N.Y: East Asia Program, Cornell University, 1993.

Salz, Jonah. “Kyogen: Classical Comedy.” In A History of Japanese Theatre. Edited by Jonah Salz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 68–98.

Nōgaku YouTube Channels

Shigeyama Kyōgen: https://www.youtube.com/user/clubsoja 

Ōe Nogaku Theatre (Some English Subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGGbs0YtC37GJv-1s1baBw

Virtual Traditional Theatre Training via the Kyoto Art Center (English Subtitles)*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J21Ake4dJH0&list=PLmBW8Wwu9F_Ce7_olJ_MxM0OmdXPd8LSZ

*This playlist also includes some videos on Nihon Buyō (Japanese Dance) which is not included in the genre of nōgaku.

Artists

Don Kenny: http://kyogen-in-english.com/ 

Otofu Kyōgen (Japanese): https://kyotokyogen.com/ 

Doji Company (Japanese):http://dojicompany.jp/ 

Mansaku no Kai (Japanese): http://www.mansaku.co.jp/index_en.html 

Ogasawara Tadashi (English and Japanese): https://www.atelier-oga.com/english/ 

Plays

Meijigakuin List of Translations: http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~pmjs/biblio/kyogen.html

Kyōgen Woodblock Prints

University of Pittsburgh, Kōgyo’s 50 Kyōgen Plays:  https://exhibit.library.pitt.edu/kogyo/kyogen_gojuban.html 

Art Institute Chicago, Tsukioka Gyokusei’s 50 Kyōgen Plays: https://www.artic.edu/collection?artist_ids=Tsukioka%20Gyokusei