About This Lesson
Learn about Noh, Japanese classical music-drama, one of the first performing arts designated an Intangible Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (unesco). Fujii Masayuki, a principal actor for the Hosho School of Noh and an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan, discusses the history of Noh—with its often tragic and poetic plays—and demonstrates excerpts.
