Kyōgen theatre

E280810
performing art theatrical genre traditional Japanese comic theatre

Kyōgen theatre is a traditional Japanese comic stage art known for its humorous dialogue, stock characters, and performance alongside the more solemn Noh drama.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kyōgen theatre canonical 2
Kyogen 1
Kyogen interludes 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf performing art ⓘ
theatrical genre ⓘ
traditional Japanese comic theatre ⓘ
contrastsWith Noh theatre in tone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
developedFrom comic interludes in sarugaku ⓘ
focusesOn everyday life situations ⓘ
misunderstandings and farce ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
hasAudienceAppeal accessible humor across social classes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic exaggerated gestures ⓘ
humorous dialogue ⓘ
minimal stage props ⓘ
spoken dialogue ⓘ
stock characters ⓘ
stylized movement ⓘ
use of masks in some plays ⓘ
use of traditional costumes ⓘ
hasCostumeType kamishimo ⓘ
hasEducationalUse teaching traditional Japanese language and etiquette ⓘ
hasGenre comedy ⓘ
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
hasMaskType okina mask in some pieces ⓘ
hasMusicalAccompaniment minimal compared to Noh ⓘ
hasNotableSchool Izumi school ⓘ
Ōkura school ⓘ
hasPerformanceStyle broad physical comedy ⓘ
realistic speech compared to Noh chanting ⓘ
hasRoleType daimyo ⓘ
demons and supernatural beings ⓘ
master (shujin) ⓘ
priests and monks ⓘ
servant (tarōkaja) ⓘ
hasTrainingSystem iemoto family school system ⓘ
hasTypicalLength short one-act pieces ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment Muromachi period ⓘ
influenced modern Japanese comedy and theatre ⓘ
isPartOf Japanese classical theatre ⓘ
Japanese intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
isPerformedAlongside Noh theatre ⓘ
isRecognizedAs classical Japanese comic art ⓘ
sharesStageTraditionWith Noh theatre ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext independent short plays ⓘ
interludes between Noh plays ⓘ
usesPerformanceSpace Noh stage ⓘ
usesTechnique kata (fixed patterns of movement) ⓘ
mimed actions with minimal props ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muromachi period → culturalFlourishing → Kyōgen theatre ⓘ
National Noh Theatre → dedicatedTo → Kyōgen theatre ⓘ
National Noh Theatre → genrePresented → Kyōgen theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyōgen
Noh theatre → hasRoleType → Kyōgen theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: ai-kyogen
Noh theatre → relatedTo → Kyōgen theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyogen
Noh theatre → performedWith → Kyōgen theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyogen interludes