List of Noh plays

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.

Main article: Noh

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

NameKanjiCatAuthor
Adachi ga hara
=Kurozuka		安達原
or 黒塚		2Zeami
Aisome-gawa藍染川4/5unknown
Akechi uchi
Conquest of Akechi		明智討2Ōmura Yūko
Akogi阿漕4unknown
Ama
Diver Woman		海女
or 海士
or 塰		5unknown
Aoi no ue
Lady Aoi		葵上4unknown, rev. Zeami
Arashiyama嵐山1Komparu Zenpō
Aridōshi蟻通4Zeami
Asagao朝顔(槿) ? ???
Ashikari
The Reed Cutter		芦刈
or 葦刈		4Zeami
Asukagawa
Asuka River		飛鳥川4unknown
Atago Kūya愛宕空也5Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu
Ataka安宅4unknown
Atsumori敦盛2Zeami
Awaji淡路1kusemai by Zeami
Aya no Tsuzumi
The Damask Drum		綾鼓4unknown
Bashō
The Basho Tree		芭蕉3Komparu Zenchiku
Bukan豊干4unknown
Chibiki千引5unknown
Chikubushima竹生島1unknown
Chōbuku Soga調伏曽我4Miyamasu
Chōryō張良5Kanze Nobumitsu
Chūrei忠霊 ? ???
Daibutsu kuyō
=Nara mōde
Dedication Rite
for Great Buddha		大仏供養
or 奈良詣		4unknown
Daie大会5unknown
Daihanya大般若4/5bangai kyoku
revived 1983
Dairokuten第六天5unknown
Danpū
Sandalwood Winds (?)		檀風
or 壇風		4/5unknown
Darani Ochiba
see also Ochiba		陀羅尼落葉3unknown
Dōjōji道成寺4unknown
Dōmyōji道明寺1unknown
Ebira箙2unknown
Eboshi-ori
The Eboshi Maker		烏帽子折5Miyamasu
Eguchi
Mouth-of-Sound		江口3Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Ema
The Votive Tablet		絵馬1Kongō nanigashi
Enoshima江野島
or 江島		1Kanze Nagatoshi
Fuji
The Spirit of the Wisteria		藤3unknown
Fujidaiko
Fuji's drum		富士太鼓4unknown
Fujisan富士山
or 不二山		1unknown
Fujito
The Wisteria Gate		藤戸4unknown
Funabashi
The Boat Bridge		船橋4unknown, rev. Zeami
Funa Benkei
Benkei on Board		舟弁慶
or 船弁慶		5Kanze Nobumitsu
Fushimi伏見 ?Zeami?
Futari Giō
=Giō		二人祇王3unknown
Futari Shizuka
The Two Shizukas		二人静3unknown
Gekkyūden
=Tsurukame		月宮殿1unknown
Gendayu源太夫1Kiami
Genji kuyō
Commemoration of Genji		源氏供養3unknown
Genjō
=Kenjō		玄象
or 絃上		 ?Kawakami kannushi?
Genpuku Soga元服曽我4Miyamasu?
Genzai nue現在鵺5unknown
Genzai shichimen現在七面4unknown
Genzai Tadanori現在忠度4unknown
Genzai Tomoe現在巴4unknown
Giō祇王3unknown
Go碁 ?bangai kyoku
Goō護法4unknown
Hachi no ki
The Potted Trees		鉢木4unknown
Hagoromo
The Feather Mantle		羽衣3unknown
Hajitomi
The Lattice Shutter		半蔀3Naitō nanigashi
(Zaemon?)
Hakurakuten白楽天1unknown
Hana-ikusa花軍4Kanze Nagatoshi
Hanagatami
The Flower Basket		花筐4Zeami
Hanjo
Lady Han		斑女4Zeami
Hashi Benkei
Benkei on the Bridge		橋弁慶4unknown
Hatsuyuki
Virgin Snow		初雪4Komparu Zenpō
Hibariyama
Skylark Mountain		雲雀山4unknown
Higaki
The Cypress Fence		桧垣3Zeami
Himuro氷室1Miyamasu
Hitachi-obi常陸帯4/5unknown
Hiun飛雲5unknown
Hōjōgawa
The River for Setting Things Free		放生川1Zeami
Hōkazō
The Hoka Priest(s)		放下僧4unknown
Hōso彭祖4unknown
Hotoke no hara仏原3unknown
Hyakuman
Million		百万4Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Ikarikazuki
The Anchor Draping		碇潜5Komparu Zenpō
Ikenie
The Pool Sacrifice		生贄
or 池贄		 ? ???
Ikkaku sennin
One-Horned Wizard		一角仙人5Komparu Zenpō
NameKanjiCatAuthor
Ikuta Atsumori生田敦盛2Komparu Zenpō
Iwafune岩船1unknown
Izutsu
The Well Cradle		井筒3Zeami
Jinen koji
Jinen the Preacher		自然居士4Kan'ami
Kagekiyo景清4unknown
Kagetsu花月4unknown
Kakitsubata
The Iris		杜若3Zeami? or Zenchiku
Kamo賀茂1Komparu Zenpō
Kamo monogurui
Madwoman at Kamo Shrine		賀茂物狂4unknown
Kamo no Chōmei鴨長明 ? ???
Kanameishi要石 ? ???
Kanawa
The Iron Crown/Tripod		鉄輪4unknown
Kanehira
Imai's End		兼平2unknown
Kanemaki鐘巻 ?Kanze Nobumitsu
Kannyōkyū
Kannyō Palace		咸陽宮4unknown
Kantan
Life and Dream		邯鄲4unknown
Kappo合浦
or 合甫		5unknown
Kasa sotoba
The Covered Gravepost		笠卒塔婆 ?Kanze Motomasa?
bangai kyoku
Kashiwazaki柏崎4Enami Saemon, rev. Zeami
Kasuga Ryūjin
The Kasuga Dragon God		春日龍神5unknown
Kayoi Komachi
The Courtship of Komachi		通小町4Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Kazuraki葛城3Zeami
Kazuraki tengu葛城天狗5Kanze Nagatoshi
Kenjō
Genjō		絃上
or 玄象		5Kawakami kannushi
Kiku jidō
Makura jidō		菊慈童
or 枕慈童		4unknown
Kinsatsu
The Golden Tablet		金札1Kan'ami
Kinuta
The Fulling Block		砧4Zeami
Kirikane Soga切兼曽我4unknown
Kiso
Lord Kiso		木曽4unknown
Kiyotsune清経2Zeami
Kochō胡蝶3Kanze Nobumitsu
Kodama Ukifune
The Wood Spirit Ukifune		木霊浮舟
or 木玉浮舟		 ?bangai kyoku
Kogō
Lady Kogō		小督4Komparu Zenchiku
Koi no Matsubara恋の松原4unknown
Koi no omoni
The Burden of Love		恋重荷4Zeami
Kokaji小鍛冶5unknown
Komachi uta arasoi ??? ? ???
Komachi sōshi ??? ? ???
Kosode Soga
Soga's Robes		小袖曽我4unknown
Kōtei皇帝5Kanze Nobomitsu
Kōu項羽5unknown
Kōya monogurui
The Madman of Mt. Kōya		高野物狂4Zeami, Kanze Motomasa
Kumasaka
The Robber		熊坂5unknown
Kurama-tengu鞍馬天狗5Miyamasu
Kureha呉服1Zeami?
Kurikara otoshi
The Fall from Kurikara		倶利伽羅落 ?bangai kyoku
Kurozuka
=Adachi ga hara		黒塚 or
安達原		2Zeami
Kurumazō車僧5unknown
Kusanagi草薙4unknown
Kuse no to久世戸1Kanze Nobumitsu
Kusu no tsuyu
Camphor Tree in Dew		楠露4unknown
Kuzu国栖5unknown
Maiguruma
The Dance Waggons		舞車4bangai kyoku
Makiginu
Rolls of Silk		巻絹3unknown
Makura Jidō
Jidō and the Pillow
Kiku Jidō		枕慈童4unknown
Manjū
see also Nakamitsu (K)		満仲4unknown
Mari
The Football		鞠 ?bangai kyoku
Matsu no o松尾1unknown
Matsukaze
The Wind in the Pines		松風3Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Matsumushi
The Pine Cricket		松虫4Komparu Zenchiku
Matsuyama kagami
The Mirror of Matsuyama		松山鏡5unknown
Matsuyama tengu松山天狗5unknown
Mekari和布刈1Komparu Zenchiku
Michimori通盛2Seiami, rev. Zeami
Miidera (play)三井寺4unknown
Mimosuso
=Mimosuso-gawa		御裳濯1Zeami?
Minase水無瀬4unknown
Minazuki-barae
June Purification Rite		水無月祓4Zeami
Minobu身延3unknown
Mitsuyama
Three Mountains		三山4unknown
Miwa三輪3Zeami?
Mochizuki望月4unknown
Momijigari
The Maple Viewing		紅葉狩5Kanze Nobumitsu
Morihisa盛久4Kanze Motomasa
Motomezuka
The Grave Sought		求塚4Kan'ami?
Murogimi室君4unknown
Murozumi室住 ?bangai kyoku
Mutsura六浦3Komparu?
NameKanjiCatAuthor
Nakamitsu
=Manjū		仲光
or 満仲		4Zeami
Naniwa難波1Zeami
Nara mōde
=Daibutsu kuyō		奈良詣
or 大仏供養		4unknown
Nezame寝覚1unknown
Nishikido錦戸4unknown
Nishikigi
The Brocade Tree		錦木4Zeami
Niwatori Tatsuta鶏竜田5unknown
Nomori
Guardian of the Fields		野守5Zeami
Nonomiya
The Shrine in the Fields		野宮3Komparu Zenchiku?
Nue
Nightbird		鵺5Zeami
Obasute
Abandoned Old Lady		姨捨3Zeami
Ochiba (no miya)
Fallen Leaves		落葉(宮)3unknown
Ōeyama
Demon of Ōeyama		大江山5unknown
Ohara gokō
Imperial Visit to Ohara		大原御幸
or 小原御幸		3unknown
Oimatsu
The Ancient Pine		老松1Zeami
Okina
The Old Man		翁0unknown
Ominameshi
Damsel Flower		女郎花4unknown
Ōmu Komachi
Komachi's Parrot-poem		鸚鵡小町3unknown
Orochi大蛇5Kanze Nobumitsu
Oshio小塩3Komparu Zenchiku
Ōyashiro大社 ?Kanze Nagatoshi
Raiden来殿5Maeda Nariyasu, rev.
Hōshō Gorō Tomoyuki
Raiden雷電5unknown
Rashōmon羅生門5Kanze Nobumitsu
Rinzō輪蔵1Kanze Nobutoshi
Rōtaiko
Prison Drum		籠太鼓4unknown
Rō Giō
Prison Giō		籠祇王3Kanze Motomasa?
Ryōko龍虎5Kanze Nobumitsu
Sagi
The White Heron		鷺3unknown
Saigyōzakura
Saigyō's Cherry Tree		西行桜3Zeami
Sakahoko逆鉾1Miyamasu?
Sakuragawa
Cherry River		桜川4Zeami
Sakurai (no eki)桜井(駅)4Nezu Morizane
Sanemori実盛2Zeami
Sanshō
Three Men Laugh		三笑4unknown
Sasaki佐々木 ?Heike (book 9)
Saoyama佐保山1Komparu Zenchiku?
Seiganji誓願寺3unknown
Seiōbo
Queen Mother of the West		西王母1Komparu Zenchiku?
Sekidera Komachi
Komachi at Sekidera		関寺小町3Zeami?
Sekihara Yoichi関寺与市4unknown
Semimaru蝉丸4Zeami?
Senju千手
or 千寿		3Komparu Zenchiku
Sesshōseki
The Death Stone		殺生石5unknown
Settai
Hospitality		摂待4Miyamasu
Shakkyō石橋5unknown
Shari舎利5unknown
Shichiki ochi
Seven Warriors in Flight		七騎落4unknown
Shiga志賀1unknown
Shigehira
=Kasa sotoba		重衡2
Shigemori重盛4bangai kyoku
Shikiji monogurui敷地物狂4bangai kyoku
Shikimi tengu
Goblins among the Flowers		樒天狗 ?unknown
Shirahige白髭
or 白鬚		1unknown
Shironushi代主1Komparu Zenchiku?
Shōjō
The Tippling Elf
≠Taihei Shōjō		猩々5unknown
Shōki鍾馗5Komparu Zenchiku
(Ō) Shōkun
Wang Zhaojun		(王)昭君5unknown
Shōzon正尊4Kanze Nobutoshi
Shunkan
=Kikaigashima		俊寛
or 鬼界島		4Komparu Zenchiku?
Shunnei春栄 or
しゅんねい		4Zeami
Shunzei Tadanori俊成忠度2Naitō Zaemon
Sonoda園田 ? ???
Sōshi arai (Komachi)
Komachi Clears Her Name		草紙洗(小町)3unknown
Sotoba Komachi
Komachi on the Gravepost		卒都婆小町4Kan'ami
Suma Genji
Genji at Suma Bay		須磨源氏5Zeami
Sumidagawa
The Sumida River		隅田川
or 角田川		4Kanze Motomasa
Sumiyoshi mōde
Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi		住吉詣3unknown
Sumizomezakura墨染桜3unknown
NameKanjiCatAuthor
Tadanobu忠信4unknown
Tadanori忠度2Zeami
Taema当麻5Zeami
Taihei shōjō
The Elf and the Big Jar		大瓶猩々5unknown
Taisanpukun
Archdemon Taisan		泰山府君4unknown
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		1Zeami
Take no yuki
Snow on the Bamboos		竹雪4unknown
Tamakazura
The Jeweled Chaplet		玉葛
or 玉鬘		4Komparu Zenchiku
Tamanoi
Jewel Well		玉井1Kanze Nobumitsu
Tamura田村2unknown
Tango monogurui
The Madman of Tango		丹後物狂4Iami, rev. Zeami
bangai kyoku
Tanikō
The Valley Rite		谷行5unknown
Tankai湛海4unknown
Tatsuta龍田
or 竜田		3Komparu Zenchiku
Teika定家3Komparu Zenchiku
Tenko
The Heavenly Drum		天鼓4unknown
Tōboku
The Northeastern Hall		東北3unknown
Tōbōsaku東方朔1Komparu Zenpō
Tōei藤永
or 藤栄		4unknown
Tōgan koji東岸居士4Zeami?
Tokusa
Scouring Rushes		木賊4Zeami?
Tomoakira知章2unknown
Tomoe巴2unknown
Tomonaga朝長2Kanze Motomasa?
Torioi(bune)
Birdscaring Boat		鳥追(舟)4unknown
Tōru
=Shiogama		融 or
塩釜		5Zeami
Tōsen
Chinese ship		唐船4unknown
Tsuchigomo
Spirit of a Spider		土蜘蛛5unknown
Tsuchiguruma
The Wheelbarrow		土車5Zeami
Tsunemasa経政
or 経正		2unknown
Tsurugoaka鶴岡 ?bangai kyoku
Tsurukame
=Gekkyūden
Crane and Tortoise		鶴亀 or
月宮殿		1unknown
U no matsuri
Cormorant Festival		鵜祭1unknown
Uchito mōde
Visit to Ise Shrines		内外詣1Kongō Nagayori
Ugetsu
Rain and Moon		雨月4Komparu Zenchiku
Ukai
The Cormorant Fisher		鵜飼5Enamizaemon Gorō
rev. Zeami
Ukifune
A Drifting Boat		浮舟4Yokō Motohisa
rev. Zeami
Ukon右近1Zeami, rev.
Kanze Nobumitsu?
Ume梅3Kanze Motoakira
Umegae
Plum Branch		梅枝4unknown
Uneme釆女3Zeami?
Unoha
Cormorant Feathers		鵜羽 ?bangai kyoku
revived 1991
Unrin'in
Unrin Temple		雲林院3unknown
Urashima浦島1Kanze Miyamasu
Urokogata鱗形1unknown
Utaura
Soothsaying by verse		歌占4Kanze Motomasa
Utō
Birds of Sorrow		善知鳥4Zeami Motokiyo
Utsusemi
The Cicada's Shell		空蝉 ?bangai kyoku
Yamanba
The Mountain Crone		山姥5Zeami
Yashima
=Yoshitsune
The Battle of Yashima		八島
or 屋島
or 義経		2Zeami?
Yōkihi
Everlasting Sorrow		楊貴妃3Komparu Zenchiku
Yorimasa頼政2Yorimasa
Yōrō
Nurturing the Aged		養老1Zeami
Yoroboshi
Stumbling Beggar Boy		弱法師4Kanze Motomasa
kuse by Zeami
Yoshino Shizuka
Lady Shizuka in Yoshino		吉野静3Kan'ami
Yoshino Tennin吉野天人3Kanze Nobumitsu
Youchi Soga
Soga Brother's Night Attack		夜討曽我4Miyamasu
Yūgao
Evening Faces		夕顔3unknown
Yugyō yanagi
The Priest and the Willow		遊行柳3Kanze Nobumitsu
Yuki
Snow		雪3unknown
Yumi Yawata弓八幡1Zeami
Yuya熊野
or 湯谷		3unknown; Komparu Zenchiku?[2]
Zegai善界,是界
or 是我意		5Takeda Sadamori
Zenji Soga
The Priest Soga		禅師曽我
or 禅師曾我		4unknown

References
  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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