Noh Performance for Beginners
*Performance Schedule
DATE: Tuesday, June 24 - Saturday, June 28
TIME (two-a-day)
1st stage: 11:00 a.m.
2nd stage: 2:00 p.m.
*Title and Main performer
Commentary (Japanese) /
Kyogen: BUSU (The Delicious Poison) / Miyake Sukenori and others (Izumi school)
Noh: KANAWA (The Iron Crown) / Kaneko Keiichiro and others (Kita school)
*Audio guide: No audio guide available.
*Subtitles: Available in English and Japanese. Displayed on individual screens on front seat backs.
*Program pamphlets will be distributed for free.
*Admission (Including Tax)
-Front-stage seat 3,500 yen
-Side-stage seat 3,000 yen
-Middle-stage seat 2,500 yen
-Student tickets (All seats) 1,500y en
*Tickets for students and persons with disabilities are available online. Purchases with other discounts are not accepted. Wheelchair spaces are available. For more details, please contact the Box Office.
Seating Plan
*Reservation (Telephone / Internet):
Available from: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 10
*Tickets may be purchased at the National Noh Theatre box office and ticket vending machines from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Only on National Noh Theatre performance days. (Ticket sales start the day after telephone and internet reservations begin.)
*We do not hold tickets separately for over-the-counter purchases.
*National Theatre Ticket Centre (10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
[Tel.] 0570-07-9900/03-3230-3000 (for some IP phones)
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BUSU (The Delicious Poison)
Two servants are left to guard a cask which they are told contains the deadly poison busu. They are overcome with curiosity, tempted by its fragrance, and finally open the lid. An old theme with a new twist.
KANAWA (The Iron Crown)
So filled with malice toward her husband, who abandoned her for another woman, a wife goes to Kibune Shrine at ushi no koku (the midnight cursing hour), to seek vengeance. She is turned into a ferocious demon. The ensuing battle with Abe no Seimei, the emperor’s diviner, highlights the play.
