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liac

liac

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Who is Noh Play and Kabuki?

What are their contribution in Japanese literture?

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OVNI

OVNI

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Noh and Kabuki are both genres of musical theater performance. They are not individual people, and they would not normally be said to have made contributions to other art forms such as literature.

That said, theatrical performances in the Noh and Kabuki genres form a great and prominent part of the artistic and cultural backdrop of Japanese society. Some of the first major introductions of Japanese culture to the USA were Kabuki performances held at the World's Fair, so that indicates the degree to which Japanese people at the time may have felt that Kabuki represented what makes their culture unique.

Also, because Noh and Kabuki are so culturally prominent, with Noh dating as far back as the 14th century AD, Japanese literature includes countless references to the plays, the actors, the musicians, the songs, the stylings, and the sentiments associated with those theatrical genres. So in that sense Noh and Kabuki HAVE contributed to the literature of Japan, even though as genres they are not capable of making the contributions themselves.

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