狂言

きょうげん

kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play

切狂言

きりきょうげん

last piece in a kabuki programme

能狂言

のうきょうげん

noh farce, noh interlude

俄狂言

にわかきょうげん

impromptu skit, (theatrical) farce, extravaganza

狂言方

きょうげんかた

kyogen performer

狂言師

きょうげんし

kyogen performer

本狂言

ほんきょうげん

discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)

水狂言

みずきょうげん

theatre that uses water for tricks, etc.(during hot weather)

狂言座

きょうげんざ

place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage

間狂言

あいきょうげん

kyogen interlude, short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)

通し狂言

とおしきょうげん

performance of an entire play

照葉狂言

てりはきょうげん あきらはきょうげん

type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)

狂言自殺

きょうげんじさつ

faked suicide, sham suicide, pseudocide

狂言回し

きょうげんまわし

supporting, but indispensable role, major supporting role

狂言強盗

きょうげんごうとう

fake (staged) robbery

狂言綺語

きょうげんきご きょうげんきぎょ

make-believe fiction

茶番狂言

ちゃばんきょうげん

farce, burlesque, low comedy

上方狂言

かみがたきょうげん

kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka

間の狂言

あいのきょうげん

kyogen interlude, short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)