Noh
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Pasolini uses music as though he were filming a Noh play but with masks off.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024
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
Baharnoo should be written Ber Noh; i.e. the country of Noah the patriarch; it is called in the maps Bernoo, and the whole passage is calculated greatly to confuse African geography.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
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