TOKYO -- FX's newest show "Shōgun" takes viewers back in time to ancient Japan and honors the tradition of Noh, a form of theater involving dance, drama and music. "Noh has a very important root to ...
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - An actor, his face covered with a white oval mask, shuffles across the stage, pauses, then slowly raises an arm clutching a gilded fan as a flautist plays a haunting, tense ...
The Japanese art of Noh is the oldest surviving theater tradition in practice. Dating back to the 14th century, the classical musical drama is derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or ...