kyogen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 狂言 (kyōgen きょうげん), from Middle Chinese 狂言 (güang-ngjon "crazed ramblings"), from 狂 ("crazy", "mad") + 言 ("speech").

Noun

kyogen (countable and uncountable, plural kyogen or kyogens)

  1. (uncountable) A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
  2. (countable) A work in this genre.
    • 2016, Colleen Lanki, “Japan”, in Siyuan Liu, editor, Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre (Routledge Handbooks), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part II (Dimensions of traditional Asian theatre), chapter 5 (Dance in traditional Asian theatre):
      Many kyogen include komai, small comic dances and songs which enhance the sense of fun or absurdity of a play.

Japanese

Romanization

kyogen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きょげん
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