Noh

American  

[noh] / noʊ /

noun

1. a genre of traditional Japanese musical theater featuring chants, dancing, and masks, and characterized by heroic themes.

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Noh British  

/ nəʊ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of No 1

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Example Sentences

Noh and other aspects of Japanese culture have both overtly and surreptitiously crept into the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

The extraordinary scene with the medium in “Rashomon” stems directly from Noh, with the voice of the dead nobleman distorted into a screeching, growling outburst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Then again, how important is the gender of the Madwoman, which I have sung, in “Curlew River”? Britten uses the ritual resources of Japanese Noh theater to create a sort of distancing.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Noh, who tied the course record with an opening-round 60, played in the afternoon.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

The white and purple curtain was no doubt to hang upon a wall behind the players or over their entrance door for the Noh stage is a platform surrounded upon three sides by the audience.

From Certain Noble Plays of Japan From the manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa by Pound, Ezra