List of Noh plays (N–Z)

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

1. "...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.