List of Noh plays explained

See main article: Noh.

This is a complete^[1] 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 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 or 塰 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 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?) 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 Kayoi 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 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 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 松山天狗 5 unknown Mekari 和布刈 1 Komparu Zenchiku Michimori 通盛 2 Seiami, rev. Zeami 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?

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 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 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?^[2] 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. Web site: noh translations . Watson . Michael . Meiji Gakuin University . December 5, 2021 . "All 253 plays in the repertoire of the five schools have been included".
2. "...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.