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Gods, Men, Women, Madness and Demons: The Five Noh Categories

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Special exhibition: The World of Noh—Gods, Men, Women, Madness, Demons. Noh is one of Japan’s traditional performing arts, a stage art with 600 years of history. “Gods, men, women, madness, demons” (shin, nan, nyo, kyo, ki) are terms classifying the Noh repertoire, said to comprise more than 200 plays. #word

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