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This is a complete[1] 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
Adachi ga hara
=Kurozuka
安達原
or 黒塚
2 Zeami
Aisome-gawa 藍染川 4/5 unknown
Akechi uchi
Conquest of Akechi
明智討 2 Ōmura Yūko
Akogi 阿漕 4 unknown
Ama
Diver Woman
海女
or 海士
or
5 unknown
Aoi no ue
Lady Aoi
葵上 4 unknown, rev. Zeami
Arashiyama 嵐山 1 Komparu Zenpō
Aridōshi 蟻通 4 Zeami
Asagao 朝顔(槿) ? ???
Ashikari
The Reed Cutter
芦刈
or 葦刈
4 Zeami
Asukagawa
Asuka River
飛鳥川 4 unknown
Atago Kūya 愛宕空也 5 Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu
Ataka 安宅 4 unknown
Atsumori 敦盛 2 Zeami
Awaji 淡路 1 kusemai by Zeami
Aya no Tsuzumi
The Damask Drum
綾鼓 4 unknown
Bashō
The Basho Tree
芭蕉 3 Komparu Zenchiku
Bukan 豊干 4 unknown
Chibiki 千引 5 unknown
Chikubushima 竹生島 1 unknown
Chōbuku Soga 調伏曽我 4 Miyamasu
Chōryō 張良 5 Kanze Nobumitsu
Chūrei 忠霊 ? ???
Daibutsu kuyō
=Nara mōde
Dedication Rite
for Great Buddha
大仏供養
or 奈良詣
4 unknown
Daie 大会 5 unknown
Daihanya 大般若 4/5 bangai kyoku
revived 1983
Dairokuten 第六天 5 unknown
Danpū
Sandalwood Winds (?)
檀風
or 壇風
4/5 unknown
Darani Ochiba
see also Ochiba
陀羅尼落葉 3 unknown
Dōjōji 道成寺 4 unknown
Dōmyōji 道明寺 1 unknown
Ebira 2 unknown
Eboshi-ori
The Eboshi Maker
烏帽子折 5 Miyamasu
Eguchi
Mouth-of-Sound
江口 3 Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Ema
The Votive Tablet
絵馬 1 Kongō nanigashi
Enoshima 江野島
or 江島
1 Kanze Nagatoshi
Fuji
The Spirit of the Wisteria
3 unknown
Fujidaiko
Fuji's drum
富士太鼓 4 unknown
Fujisan 富士山
or 不二山
1 unknown
Fujito
The Wisteria Gate
藤戸 4 unknown
Funabashi
The Boat Bridge
船橋 4 unknown, rev. Zeami
Funa Benkei
Benkei on Board
舟弁慶
or 船弁慶
5 Kanze Nobumitsu
Fushimi 伏見 ? Zeami?
Futari Giō
=Giō
二人祇王 3 unknown
Futari Shizuka
The Two Shizukas
二人静 3 unknown
Gekkyūden
=Tsurukame
月宮殿 1 unknown
Gendayu 源太夫 1 Kiami
Genji kuyō
Commemoration of Genji
源氏供養 3 unknown
Genjō
=Kenjō
玄象
or 絃上
? Kawakami kannushi?
Genpuku Soga 元服曽我 4 Miyamasu?
Genzai nue 現在鵺 5 unknown
Genzai shichimen 現在七面 4 unknown
Genzai Tadanori 現在忠度 4 unknown
Genzai Tomoe 現在巴 4 unknown
Giō 祇王 3 unknown
Go ? bangai kyoku
Goō 護法 4 unknown
Hachi no ki
The Potted Trees
鉢木 4 unknown
Hagoromo
The Feather Mantle
羽衣 3 unknown
Hajitomi
The Lattice Shutter
半蔀 3 Naitō nanigashi
(Zaemon?)
Hakurakuten 白楽天 1 unknown
Hana-ikusa 花軍 4 Kanze Nagatoshi
Hanagatami
The Flower Basket
花筐 4 Zeami
Hanjo
Lady Han
斑女 4 Zeami
Hashi Benkei
Benkei on the Bridge
橋弁慶 4 unknown
Hatsuyuki
Virgin Snow
初雪 4 Komparu Zenpō
Hibariyama
Skylark Mountain
雲雀山 4 unknown
Higaki
The Cypress Fence
桧垣 3 Zeami
Himuro 氷室 1 Miyamasu
Hitachi-obi 常陸帯 4/5 unknown
Hiun 飛雲 5 unknown
Hōjōgawa
The River for Setting Things Free
放生川 1 Zeami
Hōkazō
The Hoka Priest(s)
放下僧 4 unknown
Hōso 彭祖 4 unknown
Hotoke no hara 仏原 3 unknown
Hyakuman
Million
百万 4 Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Ikarikazuki
The Anchor Draping
碇潜 5 Komparu Zenpō
Ikenie
The Pool Sacrifice
生贄
or 池贄
? ???
Ikkaku sennin
One-Horned Wizard
一角仙人 5 Komparu Zenpō
Name Kanji Cat Author
Ikuta Atsumori 生田敦盛 2 Komparu Zenpō
Iwafune 岩船 1 unknown
Izutsu
The Well Cradle
井筒 3 Zeami
Jinen koji
Jinen the Preacher
自然居士 4 Kan'ami
Kagekiyo 景清 4 unknown
Kagetsu 花月 4 unknown
Kakitsubata
The Iris
杜若 3 Zeami? or Zenchiku
Kamo 賀茂 1 Komparu Zenpō
Kamo monogurui
Madwoman at Kamo Shrine
賀茂物狂 4 unknown
Kamo no Chōmei 鴨長明 ? ???
Kanameishi 要石 ? ???
Kanawa
The Iron Crown/Tripod
鉄輪 4 unknown
Kanehira
Imai's End
兼平 2 unknown
Kanemaki 鐘巻 ? Kanze Nobumitsu
Kannyōkyū
Kannyō Palace
咸陽宮 4 unknown
Kantan
Life and Dream
邯鄲 4 unknown
Kappo 合浦
or 合甫
5 unknown
Kasa sotoba
The Covered Gravepost
笠卒塔婆 ? Kanze Motomasa?
bangai kyoku
Kashiwazaki 柏崎 4 Enami Saemon, rev. Zeami
Kasuga Ryūjin
The Kasuga Dragon God
春日龍神 5 unknown
Kayoi Komachi
The Courtship of Komachi
通小町 4 Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Kazuraki 葛城 3 Zeami
Kazuraki tengu 葛城天狗 5 Kanze Nagatoshi
Kenjō
Genjō
絃上
or 玄象
5 Kawakami kannushi
Kiku jidō
Makura jidō
菊慈童
or 枕慈童
4 unknown
Kinsatsu
The Golden Tablet
金札 1 Kan'ami
Kinuta
The Fulling Block
4 Zeami
Kirikane Soga 切兼曽我 4 unknown
Kiso
Lord Kiso
木曽 4 unknown
Kiyotsune 清経 2 Zeami
Kochō 胡蝶 3 Kanze Nobumitsu
Kodama Ukifune
The Wood Spirit Ukifune
木霊浮舟
or 木玉浮舟
? bangai kyoku
Kogō
Lady Kogō
小督 4 Komparu Zenchiku
Koi no Matsubara 恋の松原 4 unknown
Koi no omoni
The Burden of Love
恋重荷 4 Zeami
Kokaji 小鍛冶 5 unknown
Komachi uta arasoi ??? ? ???
Komachi sōshi ??? ? ???
Kosode Soga
Soga's Robes
小袖曽我 4 unknown
Kōtei 皇帝 5 Kanze Nobomitsu
Kōu 項羽 5 unknown
Kōya monogurui
The Madman of Mt. Kōya
高野物狂 4 Zeami, Kanze Motomasa
Kumasaka
The Robber
熊坂 5 unknown
Kurama-tengu 鞍馬天狗 5 Miyamasu
Kureha 呉服 1 Zeami?
Kurikara otoshi
The Fall from Kurikara
倶利伽羅落 ? bangai kyoku
Kurozuka
=Adachi ga hara
黒塚 or
安達原
2 Zeami
Kurumazō 車僧 5 unknown
Kusanagi 草薙 4 unknown
Kuse no to 久世戸 1 Kanze Nobumitsu
Kusu no tsuyu
Camphor Tree in Dew
楠露 4 unknown
Kuzu 国栖 5 unknown
Maiguruma
The Dance Waggons
舞車 4 bangai kyoku
Makiginu
Rolls of Silk
巻絹 3 unknown
Makura Jidō
Jidō and the Pillow
Kiku Jidō
枕慈童 4 unknown
Manjū
see also Nakamitsu (K)
満仲 4 unknown
Mari
The Football
? bangai kyoku
Matsu no o 松尾 1 unknown
Matsukaze
The Wind in the Pines
松風 3 Kan'ami, rev. Zeami
Matsumushi
The Pine Cricket
松虫 4 Komparu Zenchiku
Matsuyama kagami
The Mirror of Matsuyama
松山鏡 5 unknown
Matsuyama tengu 松山天狗 5 unknown
Mekari 和布刈 1 Komparu Zenchiku
Michimori 通盛 2 Seiami, rev. Zeami
Miidera (play) 三井寺 4 unknown
Mimosuso
=Mimosuso-gawa
御裳濯 1 Zeami?
Minase 水無瀬 4 unknown
Minazuki-barae
June Purification Rite
水無月祓 4 Zeami
Minobu 身延 3 unknown
Mitsuyama
Three Mountains
三山 4 unknown
Miwa 三輪 3 Zeami?
Mochizuki 望月 4 unknown
Momijigari
The Maple Viewing
紅葉狩 5 Kanze Nobumitsu
Morihisa 盛久 4 Kanze Motomasa
Motomezuka
The Grave Sought
求塚 4 Kan'ami?
Murogimi 室君 4 unknown
Murozumi 室住 ? bangai kyoku
Mutsura 六浦 3 Komparu?
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?
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?[2]
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

References

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  1. ^ Watson, Michael. "noh translations". Meiji Gakuin University. Retrieved December 5, 2021. All 253 plays in the repertoire of the five schools have been included
  2. ^ "...The author is unknown but there is a strong possibility that it was Komparu Zenchiku. See Itō, Yōkyoku Shū, III, p. 506." pg 1052, Seeds in the Heart.