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The document summarizes four forms of traditional Japanese theater: Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, and Kyogen. Noh features sparse staging and costumed actors performing poetic plays accompanied by a chorus. Kabuki involves lively acting in elaborate costumes on stage sets with orchestral music, focusing on common people. Bunraku uses puppets to tell dramatic narratives to samisen music. Kyogen serves as comic relief between Noh tragedies, performed with simple costumes and props.

Author

Margarette Rose Cantil Baynosa

Language

EN