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Vocabulary
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<br /> Atomic bomb--a bomb whose potency is derived from Noh Theater and the Use of Masks
<br /> nuclear fission of atoms of fissionable material with the
<br /> consequent conversion of part of their mass into Noh theater,perhaps the $ ,,1 1111
<br /> energy
<br /> most important form in the
<br /> Japanese theater tradition,
<br /> Buddhism—a religion,originated in India by Buddha dates to the 13th century. k
<br /> (Guatama)and later spreading to China, Burma,
<br /> Japan,Tibet,and parts of Southeast Asia,holding that Noh was originally used for religious purposes and early
<br /> life is full of suffering caused by desire and the way to troupes were associated
<br /> end this suffering is through enlightenment that with Shinto shrines or
<br /> enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and Buddhist temples.The http://japanese-art-collection.com/
<br /> deaths to which one is otherwise subject Buddhist term"Noh" refers noh_men_images/
<br /> to the mental connection onna_mask_33_2jpg
<br /> Hibakusha—a survivor of either of the atomic bomb between the actors and the
<br /> attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,Japan in 1945 audience.Masks,which are designed to show the essence
<br /> {from hi=suffer and Baku=burst open,explode} of a character,are extremely important and depict several
<br /> Honshu Island—an island in central Japan on which categories:gods and sages,demons,the insane, mythologi-
<br /> cal creatures,men,women and the elderly.Often they are
<br /> Hiroshima is located:chief island of the country designed so the actor can"change"the facial expression
<br /> depending on the angle at which he holds his head.
<br /> Legend—a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed Because they are worn for several hours at a time,Noh
<br /> down tradition from earlier times and popularly masks must be light and are carved from cypress wood.All
<br /> accepted as historical Noh actors are men,even those who depict women.
<br /> Leukemia—any of several cancers of the bone marrow "E Although very few props are
<br /> that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white used,costumes are elabo-
<br /> blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, ",. I "- rate,and their colors are
<br /> increased susceptibility to infection,and impaired used to help define charac-
<br /> blood clotting ter types(white for nobility,
<br /> x brown for servants and peas-
<br /> Origami—the traditional Japanese art or technique of ants,red for young girls,
<br /> folding paper into a variety of decorative or m darker colors for older
<br /> representational forms,as of animals or flowers "` women,light blue for short-
<br /> www.figureconeord.com/ublog,/ tempered characters,dark
<br /> Radiation—the process in which energy is emitted as archives/cat_only_in;apan.html? blue for extroverts, light
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<br /> particles or waves green for menial people).
<br /> Some Noh plays are set in the real
<br /> Ritual—an established or prescribed procedure for a world, but many involve supernatural
<br /> religious or other rite;any practice or pattern of beings.Props are either symbolic in
<br /> behavior regularly performed in a set manner nature(e.g.,a bamboo twig to indicate
<br /> insanity)or reveal merely an outline or
<br /> i
<br /> Samurai— suggestion member of hereditary warrior class in of the actual object.
<br /> feudal Japan
<br /> Although derived from rustic acrobatics
<br /> Shinto—the native religion of Japan,primarily a system and folk dance rituals, Noh became
<br /> of nature and ancestor worship entertainment for the nobility. Later,
<br /> kabuki and bunraku(puppet theater),
<br /> Tsunami--a large,often destructive,sea wave produced also performed by men, were devel-
<br /> by a submarine earthquake,subsidence,or volcanic oped for the masses. www_masksoftheworld.
<br /> eruption.(from Japanese tsu=harbor and nami=wave) com/Orient/lapan%
<br /> 20Hannya%2OMask.htm
<br /> Definitions courtesy of The Random House Dictionary of the English Information courtesy of:www.prm.ox.ac.uk/nohmasks.html,
<br /> Language,http://dictionary.reference.com www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jnoh.html
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