List of Noh plays: N-Z
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This is a complete 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
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
Komparu Zenchiku
Komparu Zenchiku was a skilled Japanese Noh actor, troupe leader, and playwright. His plays are particularly characterized by an intricate, allusive, and subtle style inherited from Zeami which convolved yūgen with influences from Zen Buddhism and Kegon...

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Nue
Nightbird
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
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
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 2 unknown
Tomonaga 朝長 2 Kanze Motomasa?
Torioi(bune)
Birdscaring Boat
鳥追(舟) 4 unknown
Tōru
=Shiogama
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 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
3 unknown
Yumi Yawata 弓八幡 1 Zeami
Yuya 熊野
or 湯谷
3 unknown; Komparu Zenchiku?
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
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