Comments on: Noh Theater, and Missed Opportunities http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: John http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-27211 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:56:19 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-27211 I'm glad you got to see these performances. Please check out my companies website to learn more about noh. I've been studying since 1996 and it just gets more interesting as the years go on. It's a beautiful form and you've taken some lovely shots. I’m glad you got to see these performances. Please check out my companies website to learn more about noh. I’ve been studying since 1996 and it just gets more interesting as the years go on. It’s a beautiful form and you’ve taken some lovely shots.

]]> by: Andrew S http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-17786 Thu, 22 May 2008 03:53:20 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-17786 Wow, cool set of photos! It feels like I was there for the show. Composition is excellent, and technically they're great--I don't think they'd be much improved by a tripod or faster lenses. I went to a half-day long kabuki performance a few years ago and slept through about 2/3 of it. Wow, cool set of photos! It feels like I was there for the show.
Composition is excellent, and technically they’re great–I don’t think they’d be much improved by a tripod or faster lenses.

I went to a half-day long kabuki performance a few years ago and slept through about 2/3 of it.

]]> by: Marcina http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-17632 Mon, 19 May 2008 02:35:42 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-17632 Wow. It looks like Cyndi Lauper's 1980's hairstyle had a big impact on Japanese culture. Wow. It looks like Cyndi Lauper’s 1980’s hairstyle had a big impact on Japanese culture.

]]> by: Zak http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-17628 Mon, 19 May 2008 00:40:14 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-05-19/819#comment-17628 I've only been to a Noh performance once, but I studied some original Noh texts in college when I was learning classical Japanese (now 99% forgotten, of course). The texts are actually full of ingenious puns and other forms of wordplay, and were a joy to read. I can see how understanding the language would make it a vital, fun artform, kind of like Shakespeare to us moderns. I’ve only been to a Noh performance once, but I studied some original Noh texts in college when I was learning classical Japanese (now 99% forgotten, of course). The texts are actually full of ingenious puns and other forms of wordplay, and were a joy to read. I can see how understanding the language would make it a vital, fun artform, kind of like Shakespeare to us moderns.

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