JAPAN 234: Seminar in Classical Japanese Drama: “Noh Texts and Contexts”

Here is a list of selected useful websites for research on Noh:

Bunka Dejitaru Raiburarī 文化デジタルライブラリー: Provided by the Japan Arts Council to support research and learning of the Japanese traditional performing arts; the Council also offers Introduction to Noh & Kyogen

Japanese Performing Arts Resource Center (JPARC): An online resource center for research on and the study of the performing arts of Japan

Noh Translations: Noh Plays in Alphabetical Order of the Japanese Titles: A bibliography provided by Michael Watson, covering 253 plays in the repertoire of the five schools. 

the-noh 能.com: A gateway to the Noh.

Following are selected academic institutions from Japan relevant for the study of Noh:

• National Institute of Japanese Literature
• Nogami Memorial Noh Theatre Research Institute, Hōsei University
• Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum, Waseda University
• Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University: Offers 能楽動画検索・鑑賞システム

Following resources are useful to locate citations for texts and translations:

• Japanese Literature in Translation Search = 日本文学翻訳書誌検索: A database of translations of literary works into a variety of languages; maintained by the Japan Foundation
• Premodern Japanese Texts and Translations: A bibliography of translations and reviews of the literary works up to about 1600; includes works written in kanbun and Chinese

Following are selected sources that offer online texts:

• JapanKnowledge: In addition to basic Japanese reference sources including encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g., 日本大百科全書, 日本国語大辞典, 國史大辭典, Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.), JapanKnowledge provides access to 東洋文庫 (平凡社) and 新編日本古典文学全集(小学館) series.
• Japanese Text Initiative = 日本語テキストイニシアチブ: Texts of classical and modern literature; collaborative effort of the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library
• Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan Denshi ShiryōkanDētabēsu 国文学研究資料館電子資料館データベース: Offers a variety of databases for Japanese literary studies, including 国文学論文目録データベースwhich covers articles since 1912. Also offers full texts from 「日本古典文学大系」(岩波書店), 「噺本大系」(東京堂出版), etc.
• Twenty plays of the Nō theatre : edited by Donald Keene, with the assistance of Royall Tyler

Here is a list of selected reference materials:

Heian bungaku kenkyū handobukku 平安文学硏究ハンドブック / 田中登, 山本登朗編. Call No.: East Asian PL726.2 .H415 2004 

Historical dictionary of Japanese traditional theatre / Samuel L. Leiter. Call No.: East Asian Reference PN2921 .L45 2006 

Ii-ke denrai nōmen hyakushi 井伊家伝来能面百姿 / 増田正造編. Call No.: East Asian Special Collections fGT1748.J3 I37 1983

Ii-ke denrai nōshōzoku hyakushi 井伊家伝来能装束百姿 / 切畑健, 増田正造編. Call No.: East Asian Special Collections fGT1748.J3 I38 1983

JapanKnowledge: Provides access to basic Japanese reference sources including encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g., 日本大百科全書, 日本国語大辞典, 國史大辭典, Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.) as well as 東洋文庫 and 新編日本古典文学全集 series.

Kyōgen jiten 狂言辞典 / 古川久編. Call No.: East Asian 5914.4220 v.3

Kyōgenmen : kanshō to uchikata 狂言面 : 鑑賞と打ち方 / 小林責, 神田佳明, 岩崎久人. Call No.: East Asian Special Collections PN2071.M37 K63 2004 

Nihon koten bungaku kenkyūshi daijiten 日本古典文学研究史大事典 / 西沢正史, 徳田武編. Call No.: East Asian Reference PL726.1 .N462 1997 

Nōgaku daijiten 能楽大事典 / 小林責, 西哲生, 羽田昶: Call No.: East Asian Reference   PN2924.5.N6 K5415 2012

Nō kyōgen jiten 能。狂言事典 / 編集委員西野春雄, 羽田昶: Call No.: East Asian PN2924.5.N6 N535 1987

Nōmen 能面 / 中西通著 ; 今駒清則写真. Call No.: East Asian Special Collections fGT1748.J3 N3 

Omote Kanze Sō-ke nōmen 観世宗家能面 / 観世清和監修 ; 林義勝写真 ; [文増田正造]. Call No.: East Asian Special Collections fGT1748.J3 O46 2002

Following are guides for special topics and types of materials in classical Japanese literature:

Shibai banzuke 芝居番付 (contributed by the National Diet Library)

Waka/Haiku 和歌・俳句 (contributed by the National Diet Library)