弥生

やよい いやおい

third month of the lunar calendar

狂言

きょうげん

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

弥生山

やよいやま

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

弥生人

やよいじん

Yayoi people

弥生尽

やよいじん

last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

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)

地狂言

じきょうげん

local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)

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)

弥生土器

やよいどき

Yayoi pottery

弥生時代

やよいじだい

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

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)