Akaash SanyalHenry Hollinshead

Noh theater started in Ashikaga Period

Takemura, Mitsuhiro. “Noh Theater.” Digital Archives of Ishikawa Japan. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences The University of Tokyo, 1999.

Web. 19 Feb. 2010.

Kabuki theater started in Tokugawa period

Mishima, Shizoku. "Japanese Kabuki." About.com: Japan Travel. About.com. Web. 16 Feb 2010.

Early Kabuki- women

Later Kabuki- men

Trustees of the British Museum. “Kabuki Theatre of Japan.” The British Museum. The British Museum. Web. 19 Feb. 2010.

Kabuki theater- dramatic and exaggerated movements

Trustees of the British Museum. “Kabuki Theatre of Japan.” The British Museum. The British

Museum. Web. 19 Feb. 2010.

Noh costumes are like samurai’s clothes.

Denney, Joyce. "Noh Costume". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. Web. 16 Feb 2010

Some costumes are unique to Noh.

Denney, Joyce. "Noh Costume". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. Web. 16 Feb 2010

Kabuki actors wear vivid makeup with costumes.

Citation: Picture 9

Kabuki men “become” women- men called Onna-Gata

Trustees of the British Museum. “Kabuki Theatre of Japan.” The British Museum. The

British Museum. Web. 19 Feb. 2010.

Noh stages have different sections.

Takemura, Mitsuhiro. “Noh Theater.” Digital Archives of Ishikawa Japan. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences

The University of Tokyo, 1999. Web. 19 Feb. 2010.

Hombutai- mainAtoza- backGiutaiza- side

Kabuki stages spin- suspense or action

Some actors have another job.

Citation: Picture 9

Must be talented- plays- 6 hours

Sword-fighting- actors train

Only men

Trustees of the British Museum. “Kabuki Theatre of Japan.” The British Museum. The British Museum. Web. 19 Feb. 2010.