kyogen

American  

[kee-oh-gen, kyaw-gen] / kiˈoʊ gɛn, ˈkyɔ gɛn /

noun

1. a brief Japanese play performed between Nō plays to provide comic relief.

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Etymology

Origin of kyogen

< Japanese kyōgen, equivalent to kyō- mad + -gen talk (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese kuángyán boast)

Example Sentences

An adjunct of the no was the kyogen.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

The no was solemn and stately; the kyogen comic and sprightly.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)