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ID: 300451674
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300451674

 

Record Type: concept
kyogen (comedy (general genre), <genres in literature and performing arts>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Form of comic Japanese theater performed since the 14th century. It developed alongside Noh theatre and often used to be performed as a light-hearted interlude, consisting of one scene, between acts of Noh. In the present, these plays are also often performed separately. This type of theater relies on mime, dialogue and fixed stereotypes of characters.
 
Terms:
kyogen (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
kyogen (Dutch-P,D,U,N)
kyōgen (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

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Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <genres in literature and performing arts>
............ <genres in literature and performing arts> (G)
Hierarchy of comedy (general genre)
................ comedy (general genre) (G)
Hierarchy of kyogen
.................... kyogen (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Vorm van komisch Japans theater dat sinds de 14e eeuw wordt opgevoerd. Het ontwikkelde zich naast Noh-theater en werd vroeger vaak als een luchtig intermezzo, bestaande uit één scene, opgevoerd tussen bedrijven door van Noh. Tegenwoordig worden deze stukken ook vaak afzonderlijk gespeeld. Dit type theater moet het hebben van mime, dialoog en vaste stereotypes van personages. 

Sources and Contributors:
kyōgen............  [VP]
.................  UNESCO online (1998-) https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/nogaku-theatre-00012
kyogen............  [ANET Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Anet, working group AAT
.................  Midzomerdans, Ete de la danse 14-IX-(1976)
.................  Poorter, De Kraanvogel en de schildpad (1978)
.................  Sadako Takeda, Miracles & Mischief: Noh and Kyogen theater in Japan (2002)
 
Subject: .....  [ANET, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [ANET, VP]
.......... Anet, working group AAT
Dutch .......... [VP]
.......... Anet, working group AAT

 

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