Nōgaku

Nōgaku (能楽; Japanese pronunciation: [noː.ɡa.kɯ, -ŋa-]^[1]) is one of the traditional styles of Japanese theater. It is composed of the lyric drama noh, and the comic theater kyōgen (狂言). Traditionally, both types of theatre are performed together, the kyōgen being interposed between the pieces of noh during a day of performances.^[2]

Nōgaku
Noh performance at Shinto shrine
Medium	Theater
Types	Noh and kyōgen
Originating culture	Japan

Nôgaku theatre
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country	Japan
Reference	00012
Region	Asia and the Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription	2008 (3rd session)
List	Representative

It has influenced the Bunraku, or Japanese puppet theatre as well as Kabuki.^[3]

Nōgaku theatre was inscribed in 2008 by UNESCO on the List of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.^[4]