Performances Theatre Noh

In conjunction with the Charlotte Perriand : Inventing A New World exhibition, the Fondation proposes an immersion into a civilisation that truly inspired the designer: Japan. In the galleries, discover representations of Noh Theatre directed by Minoru Umewaka and Genjirô Okura, leading figures and ambassadors of Noh. 

Noh is a representative traditional performing art of Japan. Noh has been handed down to the present for about 650 years since it was created by Kanami and Zeami in the Muromachi period (1336-1573). In 2008, it was recognised as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is composed of Utai (Chorus), Hayashi (Musical instruments), and Mai (Noh dance); it is a theatrical performance as well as a masked play. It is said to be a performing art that has the highest simplicity, without any stage equipment used, but only with a background of pine on the end panel. Expand your imagination and please enjoy the mysterious and extraordinary world of Noh played exactly in the same way as it was played 650 years ago.