Meet Richard, a professor of Noh and Asian performing arts at Musashino University in Tokyo, as well as the founder and director of Theatre Nohgaku. He sits down to talk to us about the art and history of Noh, common misconceptions that foreigners and Japanese people have, and his own journey to the Noh world in Japan.

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0:00 Intro

0:46 Meet Richard

6:56 What is Noh?

11:42 The yooooooooo

17:24 Noh vs. Kabuki

20:14 Origins of Noh

22:50 Where plays come from

30:31 Richard's start in Noh

35:30 Noh actor families

41:05 Noh instruments

47:57 Writing the book on Noh

51:39 Popularity of Noh

59:49 The Noh stage

1:04:43 Modern Noh plays

1:07:08 English Noh plays

1:10:30 Noh masks

1:23:17 Appreciating Noh

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The Noh professor: what even Japanese people don't understand about Noh

Unpacking Japan

The Noh professor: what even Japanese people don't understand about Noh