能楽

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal のうがくnōgaku
読み のうがく
ローマ字 nōgaku
漢字の分解 能 (nō) — Noh theatre, skill; 楽 (gaku) — music, performing art
発音 /noː.ɡa.kɯ/

意味

Noh theatre; the classical Japanese performing art combining masked drama, chant, and music, developed in the 14th century and now a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

A compound noun encompassing both Noh (能) and Kyōgen (狂言) as a unified performing tradition. Noh is a slow, stylised form of masked drama developed under Zeami Motokiyo, characterised by highly poetic texts, minimal movement, and deeply spiritual themes drawn from Buddhism and classical literature. It was patronised by the samurai class and remains the oldest surviving form of Japanese musical theatre.

例文

  1. 能楽の舞台は余白の美学を体現しており、観る者の想像力を深く刺激する。
  2. 彼は幼い頃から能楽を習い、今では重要な演目を担う若手シテ方だ。
  3. 能楽堂で初めて謡を聴いたとき、その幽玄な世界観に圧倒された。

使い方ガイド

場面: traditional arts, theatre, cultural heritage, literature

トーン: reverent

起源と歴史

From 能 (Noh, skill, talent) and 楽 (music, performance). The term unifies Noh and Kyōgen under a single performing arts category, distinguishing the living tradition from purely musical 音楽.

文化的背景

時代: Medieval

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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