LIST OF NOH PLAYS: A-M

This is a complete^[1] list of extant pre-modern Noh plays, their supposed authors, and categorisations. A short English translation of the title is given where one exists. A list of those plays which have a separate article on Wikipedia can be found here.

Some plays are given different names by different schools. The words bangai kyoku signify that a play is no longer part of current repertoire.

Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Adachi ga hara =Kurozuka	安達原 or 黒塚	2	Zeami
Aisome-gawa	藍染川	4/5	unknown
Akechi uchi Conquest of Akechi	明智討	2	Ōmura Yūko
Akogi	阿漕	4	unknown
Ama Diver Woman	海女 or 海士 or 塰	5	unknown
Aoi no ue Lady Aoi	葵上	4	unknown, rev. Zeami
Arashiyama	嵐山	1	Komparu Zenpō
Aridōshi	蟻通	4	Zeami
Asagao	朝顔(槿)	?	???
Ashikari The Reed Cutter	芦刈 or 葦刈	4	Zeami
Asukagawa Asuka River	飛鳥川	4	unknown
Atago Kūya	愛宕空也	5	Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu
Ataka	安宅	4	unknown
Atsumori	敦盛	2	Zeami
Awaji	淡路	1	kusemai by Zeami
Aya no Tsuzumi The Damask Drum	綾鼓	4	unknown
Bashō The Basho Tree	芭蕉	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Bukan	豊干	4	unknown
Chibiki	千引	5	unknown
Chikubushima	竹生島	1	unknown
Chōbuku Soga	調伏曽我	4	Miyamasu
Chōryō	張良	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Chūrei	忠霊	?	???
Daibutsu kuyō =Nara mōde Dedication Rite for Great Buddha	大仏供養 or 奈良詣	4	unknown
Daie	大会	5	unknown
Daihanya	大般若	4/5	bangai kyoku revived 1983
Dairokuten	第六天	5	unknown
Danpū Sandalwood Winds (?)	檀風 or 壇風	4/5	unknown
Darani Ochiba see also Ochiba	陀羅尼落葉	3	unknown
Dōjōji	道成寺	4	unknown
Dōmyōji	道明寺	1	unknown
Ebira	箙	2	unknown
Eboshi-ori The Eboshi Maker	烏帽子折	5	Miyamasu
Eguchi Mouth-of-Sound	江口	3	Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Ema The Votive Tablet	絵馬	1	Kongō nanigashi
Enoshima	江野島 or 江島	1	Kanze Nagatoshi
Fuji The Spirit of the Wisteria	藤	3	unknown
Fujidaiko Fuji's drum	富士太鼓	4	unknown
Fujisan	富士山 or 不二山	1	unknown
Fujito The Wisteria Gate	藤戸	4	unknown
Funabashi The Boat Bridge	船橋	4	unknown, rev. Zeami
Funa Benkei Benkei on Board	舟弁慶 or 船弁慶	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Fushimi	伏見	?	Zeami?
Futari Giō =Giō	二人祇王	3	unknown
Futari Shizuka The Two Shizukas	二人静	3	unknown
Gekkyūden =Tsurukame	月宮殿	1	unknown
Gendayu	源太夫	1	Kiami
Genji kuyō Commemoration of Genji	源氏供養	3	unknown
Genjō =Kenjō	玄象 or 絃上	?	Kawakami kannushi?
Genpuku Soga	元服曽我	4	Miyamasu?
Genzai nue	現在鵺	5	unknown
Genzai shichimen	現在七面	4	unknown
Genzai Tadanori	現在忠度	4	unknown
Genzai Tomoe	現在巴	4	unknown
Giō	祇王	3	unknown
Go	碁	?	bangai kyoku
Goō	護法	4	unknown
Hachi no ki The Potted Trees	鉢木	4	unknown
Hagoromo The Feather Mantle	羽衣	3	unknown
Hajitomi The Lattice Shutter	半蔀	3	Naitō nanigashi (Zaemon?)
Hakurakuten	白楽天	1	unknown
Hana-ikusa	花軍	4	Kanze Nagatoshi
Hanagatami The Flower Basket	花筐	4	Zeami
Hanjo Lady Han	斑女	4	Zeami
Hashi Benkei Benkei on the Bridge	橋弁慶	4	unknown
Hatsuyuki Virgin Snow	初雪	4	Komparu Zenpō
Hibariyama Skylark Mountain	雲雀山	4	unknown
Higaki The Cypress Fence	桧垣	3	Zeami
Himuro	氷室	1	Miyamasu
Hitachi-obi	常陸帯	4/5	unknown
Hiun	飛雲	5	unknown
Hōjōgawa The River for Setting Things Free	放生川	1	Zeami
Hōkazō The Hoka Priest(s)	放下僧	4	unknown
Hōso	彭祖	4	unknown
Hotoke no hara	仏原	3	unknown
Hyakuman Million	百万	4	Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Ikarikazuki The Anchor Draping	碇潜	5	Komparu Zenpō
Ikenie The Pool Sacrifice	生贄 or 池贄	?	???
Ikkaku sennin One-Horned Wizard	一角仙人	5	Komparu Zenpō

Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Ikuta Atsumori	生田敦盛	2	Komparu Zenpō
Iwafune	岩船	1	unknown
Izutsu The Well Cradle	井筒	3	Zeami
Jinen koji Jinen the Preacher	自然居士	4	Kan'ami
Kagekiyo	景清	4	unknown
Kagetsu	花月	4	unknown
Kakitsubata The Iris	杜若	3	Zeami? or Zenchiku
Kamo	賀茂	1	Komparu Zenpō
Kamo monogurui Madwoman at Kamo Shrine	賀茂物狂	4	unknown
Kamo no Chōmei	鴨長明	?	???
Kanameishi	要石	?	???
Kanawa The Iron Crown/Tripod	鉄輪	4	unknown
Kanehira Imai's End	兼平	2	unknown
Kanemaki	鐘巻	?	Kanze Nobumitsu
Kannyōkyū Kannyō Palace	咸陽宮	4	unknown
Kantan Life and Dream	邯鄲	4	unknown
Kappo	合浦 or 合甫	5	unknown
Kasa sotoba The Covered Gravepost	笠卒塔婆	?	Kanze Motomasa? bangai kyoku
Kashiwazaki	柏崎	4	Enami Saemon, rev. Zeami
Kasuga Ryūjin The Kasuga Dragon God	春日龍神	5	unknown
Kayoi Komachi The Courtship of Komachi	通小町	4	Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Kazuraki	葛城	3	Zeami
Kazuraki tengu	葛城天狗	5	Kanze Nagatoshi
Kenjō Genjō	絃上 or 玄象	5	Kawakami kannushi
Kiku jidō Makura jidō	菊慈童 or 枕慈童	4	unknown
Kinsatsu The Golden Tablet	金札	1	Kan'ami
Kinuta The Fulling Block	砧	4	Zeami
Kirikane Soga	切兼曽我	4	unknown
Kiso Lord Kiso	木曽	4	unknown
Kiyotsune	清経	2	Zeami
Kochō	胡蝶	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Kodama Ukifune The Wood Spirit Ukifune	木霊浮舟 or 木玉浮舟	?	bangai kyoku
Kogō Lady Kogō	小督	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Koi no Matsubara	恋の松原	4	unknown
Koi no omoni The Burden of Love	恋重荷	4	Zeami
Kokaji	小鍛冶	5	unknown
Komachi uta arasoi	???	?	???
Komachi sōshi	???	?	???
Kosode Soga Soga's Robes	小袖曽我	4	unknown
Kōtei	皇帝	5	Kanze Nobomitsu
Kōu	項羽	5	unknown
Kōya monogurui The Madman of Mt. Kōya	高野物狂	4	Zeami, Kanze Motomasa
Kumasaka The Robber	熊坂	5	unknown
Kurama-tengu	鞍馬天狗	5	Miyamasu
Kureha	呉服	1	Zeami?
Kurikara otoshi The Fall from Kurikara	倶利伽羅落	?	bangai kyoku
Kurozuka =Adachi ga hara	黒塚 or 安達原	2	Zeami
Kurumazō	車僧	5	unknown
Kusanagi	草薙	4	unknown
Kuse no to	久世戸	1	Kanze Nobumitsu
Kusu no tsuyu Camphor Tree in Dew	楠露	4	unknown
Kuzu	国栖	5	unknown
Maiguruma The Dance Waggons	舞車	4	bangai kyoku
Makiginu Rolls of Silk	巻絹	3	unknown
Makura Jidō Jidō and the Pillow Kiku Jidō	枕慈童	4	unknown
Manjū see also Nakamitsu (K)	満仲	4	unknown
Mari The Football	鞠	?	bangai kyoku
Matsu no o	松尾	1	unknown
Matsukaze The Wind in the Pines	松風	3	Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Matsumushi The Pine Cricket	松虫	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Matsuyama kagami The Mirror of Matsuyama	松山鏡	5	unknown
Matsuyama tengu	松山天狗	5	unknown
Mekari	和布刈	1	Komparu Zenchiku
Michimori	通盛	2	Seiami, rev. Zeami
Miidera (play)	三井寺	4	unknown
Mimosuso =Mimosuso-gawa	御裳濯	1	Zeami?
Minase	水無瀬	4	unknown
Minazuki-barae June Purification Rite	水無月祓	4	Zeami
Minobu	身延	3	unknown
Mitsuyama Three Mountains	三山	4	unknown
Miwa	三輪	3	Zeami?
Mochizuki	望月	4	unknown
Momijigari The Maple Viewing	紅葉狩	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Morihisa	盛久	4	Kanze Motomasa
Motomezuka The Grave Sought	求塚	4	Kan'ami?
Murogimi	室君	4	unknown
Murozumi	室住	?	bangai kyoku
Mutsura	六浦	3	Komparu?

Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Nakamitsu =Manjū	仲光 or 満仲	4	Zeami
Naniwa	難波	1	Zeami
Nara mōde =Daibutsu kuyō	奈良詣 or 大仏供養	4	unknown
Nezame	寝覚	1	unknown
Nishikido	錦戸	4	unknown
Nishikigi The Brocade Tree	錦木	4	Zeami
Niwatori Tatsuta	鶏竜田	5	unknown
Nomori Guardian of the Fields	野守	5	Zeami
Nonomiya The Shrine in the Fields	野宮	3	Komparu Zenchiku?
Nue Nightbird	鵺	5	Zeami
Obasute Abandoned Old Lady	姨捨	3	Zeami
Ochiba (no miya) Fallen Leaves	落葉(宮)	3	unknown
Ōeyama Demon of Ōeyama	大江山	5	unknown
Ohara gokō Imperial Visit to Ohara	大原御幸 or 小原御幸	3	unknown
Oimatsu The Ancient Pine	老松	1	Zeami
Okina The Old Man	翁	0	unknown
Ominameshi Damsel Flower	女郎花	4	unknown
Ōmu Komachi Komachi's Parrot-poem	鸚鵡小町	3	unknown
Orochi	大蛇	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Oshio	小塩	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Ōyashiro	大社	?	Kanze Nagatoshi
Raiden	来殿	5	Maeda Nariyasu, rev. Hōshō Gorō Tomoyuki
Raiden	雷電	5	unknown
Rashōmon	羅生門	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Rinzō	輪蔵	1	Kanze Nobutoshi
Rōtaiko Prison Drum	籠太鼓	4	unknown
Rō Giō Prison Giō	籠祇王	3	Kanze Motomasa?
Ryōko	龍虎	5	Kanze Nobumitsu
Sagi The White Heron	鷺	3	unknown
Saigyōzakura Saigyō's Cherry Tree	西行桜	3	Zeami
Sakahoko	逆鉾	1	Miyamasu?
Sakuragawa Cherry River	桜川	4	Zeami
Sakurai (no eki)	桜井(駅)	4	Nezu Morizane
Sanemori	実盛	2	Zeami
Sanshō Three Men Laugh	三笑	4	unknown
Sasaki	佐々木	?	Heike (book 9)
Saoyama	佐保山	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Seiganji	誓願寺	3	unknown
Seiōbo Queen Mother of the West	西王母	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Sekidera Komachi Komachi at Sekidera	関寺小町	3	Zeami?
Sekihara Yoichi	関寺与市	4	unknown
Semimaru	蝉丸	4	Zeami?
Senju	千手 or 千寿	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Sesshōseki The Death Stone	殺生石	5	unknown
Settai Hospitality	摂待	4	Miyamasu
Shakkyō	石橋	5	unknown
Shari	舎利	5	unknown
Shichiki ochi Seven Warriors in Flight	七騎落	4	unknown
Shiga	志賀	1	unknown
Shigehira =Kasa sotoba	重衡	2
Shigemori	重盛	4	bangai kyoku
Shikiji monogurui	敷地物狂	4	bangai kyoku
Shikimi tengu Goblins among the Flowers	樒天狗	?	unknown
Shirahige	白髭 or 白鬚	1	unknown
Shironushi	代主	1	Komparu Zenchiku?
Shōjō The Tippling Elf ≠Taihei Shōjō	猩々	5	unknown
Shōki	鍾馗	5	Komparu Zenchiku
(Ō) Shōkun Wang Zhaojun	(王)昭君	5	unknown
Shōzon	正尊	4	Kanze Nobutoshi
Shunkan =Kikaigashima	俊寛 or 鬼界島	4	Komparu Zenchiku?
Shunnei	春栄 or しゅんねい	4	Zeami
Shunzei Tadanori	俊成忠度	2	Naitō Zaemon
Sonoda	園田	?	???
Sōshi arai (Komachi) Komachi Clears Her Name	草紙洗(小町)	3	unknown
Sotoba Komachi Komachi on the Gravepost	卒都婆小町	4	Kan'ami
Suma Genji Genji at Suma Bay	須磨源氏	5	Zeami
Sumidagawa The Sumida River	隅田川 or 角田川	4	Kanze Motomasa
Sumiyoshi mōde Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi	住吉詣	3	unknown
Sumizomezakura	墨染桜	3	unknown

Name	Kanji	Cat	Author
Tadanobu	忠信	4	unknown
Tadanori	忠度	2	Zeami
Taema	当麻	5	Zeami
Taihei shōjō The Elf and the Big Jar	大瓶猩々	5	unknown
Taisanpukun Archdemon Taisan	泰山府君	4	unknown
Taisei Taishi	太施太子 or 泰世太子	?	Nobumitsu bangai kyoku
Taiten	大典	1	???
Takasago/Aioi Growing Old Together	高砂 or 相老	1	Zeami
Take no yuki Snow on the Bamboos	竹雪	4	unknown
Tamakazura The Jeweled Chaplet	玉葛 or 玉鬘	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Tamanoi Jewel Well	玉井	1	Kanze Nobumitsu
Tamura	田村	2	unknown
Tango monogurui The Madman of Tango	丹後物狂	4	Iami, rev. Zeami bangai kyoku
Tanikō The Valley Rite	谷行	5	unknown
Tankai	湛海	4	unknown
Tatsuta	龍田 or 竜田	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Teika	定家	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Tenko The Heavenly Drum	天鼓	4	unknown
Tōboku The Northeastern Hall	東北	3	unknown
Tōbōsaku	東方朔	1	Komparu Zenpō
Tōei	藤永 or 藤栄	4	unknown
Tōgan koji	東岸居士	4	Zeami?
Tokusa Scouring Rushes	木賊	4	Zeami?
Tomoakira	知章	2	unknown
Tomoe	巴	2	unknown
Tomonaga	朝長	2	Kanze Motomasa?
Torioi(bune) Birdscaring Boat	鳥追(舟)	4	unknown
Tōru =Shiogama	融 or 塩釜	5	Zeami
Tōsen Chinese ship	唐船	4	unknown
Tsuchigomo Spirit of a Spider	土蜘蛛	5	unknown
Tsuchiguruma The Wheelbarrow	土車	5	Zeami
Tsunemasa	経政 or 経正	2	unknown
Tsurugoaka	鶴岡	?	bangai kyoku
Tsurukame =Gekkyūden Crane and Tortoise	鶴亀 or 月宮殿	1	unknown
U no matsuri Cormorant Festival	鵜祭	1	unknown
Uchito mōde Visit to Ise Shrines	内外詣	1	Kongō Nagayori
Ugetsu Rain and Moon	雨月	4	Komparu Zenchiku
Ukai The Cormorant Fisher	鵜飼	5	Enamizaemon Gorō rev. Zeami
Ukifune A Drifting Boat	浮舟	4	Yokō Motohisa rev. Zeami
Ukon	右近	1	Zeami, rev. Kanze Nobumitsu?
Ume	梅	3	Kanze Motoakira
Umegae Plum Branch	梅枝	4	unknown
Uneme	釆女	3	Zeami?
Unoha Cormorant Feathers	鵜羽	?	bangai kyoku revived 1991
Unrin'in Unrin Temple	雲林院	3	unknown
Urashima	浦島	1	Kanze Miyamasu
Urokogata	鱗形	1	unknown
Utaura Soothsaying by verse	歌占	4	Kanze Motomasa
Utō Birds of Sorrow	善知鳥	4	Zeami Motokiyo
Utsusemi The Cicada's Shell	空蝉	?	bangai kyoku
Yamanba The Mountain Crone	山姥	5	Zeami
Yashima =Yoshitsune The Battle of Yashima	八島 or 屋島 or 義経	2	Zeami?
Yōkihi Everlasting Sorrow	楊貴妃	3	Komparu Zenchiku
Yorimasa	頼政	2	Yorimasa
Yōrō Nurturing the Aged	養老	1	Zeami
Yoroboshi Stumbling Beggar Boy	弱法師	4	Kanze Motomasa kuse by Zeami
Yoshino Shizuka Lady Shizuka in Yoshino	吉野静	3	Kan'ami
Yoshino Tennin	吉野天人	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Youchi Soga Soga Brother's Night Attack	夜討曽我	4	Miyamasu
Yūgao Evening Faces	夕顔	3	unknown
Yugyō yanagi The Priest and the Willow	遊行柳	3	Kanze Nobumitsu
Yuki Snow	雪	3	unknown
Yumi Yawata	弓八幡	1	Zeami
Yuya	熊野 or 湯谷	3	unknown; Komparu Zenchiku?^[2]
Zegai	善界,是界 or 是我意	5	Takeda Sadamori
Zenji Soga The Priest Soga	禅師曽我 or 禅師曾我	4	unknown

References

^ Watson, Michael. "noh translations". Meiji Gakuin University. Retrieved December 5, 2021. All 253 plays in the repertoire of the five schools have been included
^ "...The author is unknown but there is a strong possibility that it was Komparu Zenchiku. See Itō, Yōkyoku Shū, III, p. 506." pg 1052, Seeds in the Heart.

[1] Watson, Michael. "noh translations". Meiji Gakuin University. Retrieved December 5, 2021. All 253 plays in the repertoire of the five schools have been included

[2] "...The author is unknown but there is a strong possibility that it was Komparu Zenchiku. See Itō, Yōkyoku Shū, III, p. 506." pg 1052, Seeds in the Heart.

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