The culture ministry said it would recommend “Fushikaden,” noh master Zeami’s 15th-century treatise on traditional Japanese theater, for inscription on UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/zeami-unesco-recommendation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #zeami #fushikaden #noh #unesco #culturalaffairsagency #un
Japan’s treasured traditional arts face a widening gap between aging masters and too few successors, forcing the country to rethink how it preserves, modernizes and sustains its cultural heritage for the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/19/japan/japans-aging-cultural-heritage-guardians/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #artists #aging #nationaltreasures #lacquerware #noh #kabuki #teaceremony
Step into the world of noh — where every mask, movement and word carries centuries of meaning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/06/language/japanese-theater-language-noh/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #noh #theater
Maria Seiren, the first-ever winner of talent show competition “Japan’s Got Talent,” has what she calls “ambivoce,” a dual voice that can hit high and low notes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/28/stage/maria-seiren-japan-opera/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #mariaseiren #japan039sgottalent #noh #opera