List of Noh plays: N-Z

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List of Noh plays: N-Z

This is a complete list of extant pre-modern Noh plays, their supposed authors, and categorisations. A short English translation of the title is given where one exists. A list of those plays which have a separate article on Wikipedia can be found here.

Some plays are given different names by different schools. The words bangai kyoku signify that a play is no longer part of current re

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Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Nakamitsu =Manju	?? or ??	4	Zeami
Naniwa	??	1	Zeami
Nara mode =Daibutsu kuyo	??? or ????	4	unknown
Nezame	??	1	unknown
Nishikido	??	4	unknown
Nishikigi The Brocade Tree	??	4	Zeami
Niwatori Tatsuta	???	5	unknown
Nomori Guardian of the Fields	??	5	Zeami
Nonomiya The Shrine in the Fields	??	3	Komparu Zenchiku Komparu Zenchiku Komparu Zenchiku was a skilled Japanese Noh actor, troupe leader, and playwright. His plays are particularly characterized by an intricate, allusive, and subtle style inherited from Zeami which convolved yugen with influences from Zen Buddhism and Kegon.... ?
Nue Nightbird	?	5	Zeami
Obasute Abandoned Old Lady	??	3	Zeami
Ochiba (no miya) Fallen Leaves	??(?)	3	unknown
Oeyama Demon of Oeyama	???	5	unknown
Ohara goko Imperial Visit to Ohara	???? or ????	3	unknown
Oimatsu The Ancient Pine	??	1	Zeami
Okina The Old Man	?	0	unknown
Ominameshi Damsel Flower	???	4	unknown
Omu Komachi Komachi's Parrot-poem	????	3	unknown
Orochi	??	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Oshio	??	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Oyashiro	??	?	Kanze Nagatoshi
Raiden	??	5	Maeda Nariyasu, rev. Hosho Goro Tomoyuki
Raiden	??	5	unknown
Rashomon	???	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Rinzo	??	1	Kanze Nobutoshi
Rotaiko Prison Drum	???	4	unknown
Ro Gio Prison Gio	???	3	Kanze Motomasa?
Ryoko	??	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Sagi The White Heron	?	3	unknown
Saigyozakura Saigyo's Cherry Tree	???	3	Zeami
Sakahoko	??	1	Miyamasu?
Sakuragawa Cherry River	??	4	Zeami
Sakurai (no eki)	??(?)	4	Nezu Morizane
Sanemori	??	2	Zeami
Sansho Three Men Laugh	??	4	unknown
Sasaki	???	?	Heike (book 9)
Saoyama	???	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Seiganji	???	3	unknown
Seiobo Queen Mother of the West	???	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Sekidera Komachi Komachi at Sekidera	????	3	Zeami?
Sekihara Yoichi	????	4	unknown
Semimaru	??	4	Zeami?
Senju	?? or ??	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Sesshoseki The Death Stone	???	5	unknown
Settai Hospitality	??	4	Miyamasu
Shakkyo	??	5	unknown
Shari	??	5	unknown
Shichiki ochi Seven Warriors in Flight	???	4	unknown
Shiga	??	1	unknown
Shigehira =Kasa sotoba	??	2
Shigemori	??	4	bangai kyoku
Shikiji monogurui	????	4	bangai kyoku
Shikimi tengu Goblins among the Flowers	???	?	unknown
Shirahige	?? or ??	1	unknown
Shironushi	??	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Shojo The Tippling Elf ?Taihei Shojo	??	5	unknown
Shoki	??	5	Komparu Zenchiku
(O) Shokun Wang Zhaojun	??	5	unknown
Shozon	??	4	Kanze Nobutoshi
Shunkan =Kikaigashima	?? or ???	4	Komparu Zenchiku?
Shunnei	?? or ?????	4	Zeami
Shunzei Tadanori	????	2	Naito Zaemon
Sonoda	??	?	???
Soshi arai (Komachi) Komachi Clears Her Name	???(??)	3	unknown
Sotoba Komachi Komachi on the Gravepost	?????	4	Kan'ami
Suma Genji Genji at Suma Bay	????	5	Zeami
Sumidagawa The Sumida River	??? or ???	4	Kanze Motomasa
Sumiyoshi mode Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi	???	3	unknown
Sumizomezakura	???	3	unknown

Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Tadanobu	??	4	unknown
Tadanori	??	2	Zeami
Taema	??	5	Zeami
Taihei shojo The Elf and the Big Jar	????	5	unknown
Taisanpukun Archdemon Taisan	????	4	unknown
Taisei Taishi	???? or ????	?	Nobumitsu bangai kyoku
Taiten	??	1	???
Takasago/Aioi Growing Old Together	?? or ??	1	Zeami
Take no yuki Snow on the Bamboos	??	4	unknown
Tamakazura The Jeweled Chaplet	?? or ??	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Tamanoi Jewel Well	??	1	Kanze Nobumitsu
Tamura	??	2	unknown
Tango monogurui The Madman of Tango	????	4	Iami, rev. Zeami bangai kyoku
Taniko The Valley Rite	??	5	unknown
Tankai	??	4	unknown
Tatsuta	?? or ??	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Teika	??	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Tenko The Heavenly Drum	??	4	unknown
Toboku The Northeastern Hall	??	3	unknown
Tobosaku	???	1	Komparu Zenpo
Toei	?? or ??	4	unknown
Togan koji	????	4	Zeami?
Tokusa Scouring Rushes	??	4	Zeami?
Tomoakira	??	2	unknown
Tomoe	?	2	unknown
Tomonaga	??	2	Kanze Motomasa?
Torioi(bune) Birdscaring Boat	??(?)	4	unknown
Toru =Shiogama	? or ??	5	Zeami
Tosen Chinese ship	??	4	unknown
Tsuchigomo Spirit of a Spider	???	5	unknown
Tsuchiguruma The Wheelbarrow	??	5	Zeami
Tsunemasa	?? or ??	2	unknown
Tsurugoaka	??	?	bangai kyoku
Tsurukame =Gekkyuden Crane and Tortoise	?? or ???	1	unknown
U no matsuri Cormorant Festival	??	1	unknown
Uchito mode Visit to Ise Shrines	???	1	Kongo Nagayori
Ugetsu Rain and Moon	??	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Ukai The Cormorant Fisher	??	5	Enamizaemon Goro rev. Zeami
Ukifune A Drifting Boat	??	4	Yoko Motohisa rev. Zeami
Ukon	??	1	Zeami, rev. Kanze Nobumitsu?
Ume	?	3	Kanze Motoakira
Umegae Plum Branch	??	4	unknown
Uneme	??	3	Zeami?
Unoha Cormorant Feathers	??	?	bangai kyoku revived 1991
Unrin'in Unrin Temple	???	3	unknown
Urashima	??	1	Kanze Miyamasu
Urokogata	??	1	unknown
Utaura Soothsaying by verse	??	4	Kanze Motomasa
Uto Birds of Sorrow	???	4	Zeami Motokiyo
Utsusemi The Cicada's Shell	??	?	bangai kyoku
Yamanba The Mountain Crone	??	5	Zeami
Yashima =Yoshitsune The Battle of Yashima	?? or ?? or ??	2	Zeami?
Yokihi Everlasting Sorrow	???	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Yorimasa	??	2	Yorimasa
Yoro Nurturing the Aged	??	1	Zeami
Yoroboshi Stumbling Beggar Boy	???	4	Kanze Motomasa kuse by Zeami
Yoshino Shizuka Lady Shizuka in Yoshino	???	3	Kan'ami
Yoshino Tennin	????	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Youchi Soga Soga Brother's Night Attack	????	4	Miyamasu
Yugao Evening Faces	??	3	unknown
Yugyo yanagi The Priest and the Willow	???	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Yuki Snow	?	3	unknown
Yumi Yawata	???	1	Zeami
Yuya	?? or ??	3	unknown; Komparu Zenchiku?
Zegai	??,?? or ???	5	Takeda Sadamori
Zenji Soga The Priest Soga	???? or ????	4	unknown