[Monthly Theme: Modern Pictures and Noh]
Regular Performance
*Performance Schedule
DATE: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TIME: 1:00 p.m -3:30 p.m.
*The finish time is an estimate and may vary.
*Title and Main performer
Kyogen: NAKI AMA (The Crying Nun) / Okura Motonari (Okura school)
Noh: MATSURA SAYOHIME (Princess Sayo of Matsura) / Sekine Tomotaka (Kanze school)
*Audio guide: No audio guide available.
*Subtitles: Available in English and Japanese. Displayed on individual screens on front seat backs.
*Admission (Including Tax)
-Front-stage seat 5,500 yen
-Side-stage seat 3,700 yen (Students 2,600 yen)
-Middle-stage seat 3,300 yen (Students 2,300 yen)
*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, January 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)
Book Online
NAKI AMA (The Crying Nun)
Lacking confidence in his sermon, a priest promises to give Naki Ama (the Crying Nun) half of the offering to embellish the sermon by crying. However, the nun begins to doze off at the crucial point...
MATSURA SAYOHIME (Princess Sayo of Matsura)
Princess Sayo waves her scarf to see off Sadehiko, who is setting off for China as a Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty. This Noh play recreates the spirit of Princess Sayo, who appeared before a traveling monk, drowning herself in a frenzy while holding a keepsake mirror to her chest. This revived play, based on an autographic manuscript by Zeami, was added to the current list of Noh plays in 2000.
