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?

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.