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
|
仲光 満仲 |
4 |
Zeami |
Naniwa |
難波 |
1 |
Zeami |
Nara mōde
|
奈良詣 大仏供養 |
4 |
unknown |
Nezame |
寝覚 |
1 |
unknown |
Nishikido |
錦戸 |
4 |
unknown |
Nishikigi
|
錦木 |
4 |
Zeami |
Niwatori Tatsuta |
鶏竜田 |
5 |
unknown |
Nomori
|
野守 |
5 |
Zeami |
Nonomiya
|
野宮 |
3 |
Komparu Zenchiku? |
Nue
|
鵺 |
5 |
Zeami |
Obasute
|
姨捨 |
3 |
Zeami |
Ochiba (no miya)
|
落葉(宮) |
3 |
unknown |
Ōeyama
|
大江山 |
5 |
unknown |
Ohara gokō
|
大原御幸 小原御幸 |
3 |
unknown |
Oimatsu
|
老松 |
1 |
Zeami |
Okina
|
翁 |
0 |
unknown |
Ominameshi
|
女郎花 |
4 |
unknown |
Ōmu Komachi
|
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
|
籠太鼓 |
4 |
unknown |
Rō Giō
|
籠祇王 |
3 |
Kanze Motomasa? |
Ryōko |
龍虎 |
5 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Sagi
|
鷺 |
3 |
unknown |
Saigyōzakura
|
西行桜 |
3 |
Zeami |
Sakahoko |
逆鉾 |
1 |
Miyamasu? |
Sakuragawa
|
桜川 |
4 |
Zeami |
Sakurai (no eki) |
桜井(駅) |
4 |
Nezu Morizane |
Sanemori |
実盛 |
2 |
Zeami |
Sanshō
|
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
|
西王母 |
1 |
Komparu Zenchiku? |
Sekidera Komachi
|
関寺小町 |
3 |
Zeami? |
Sekihara Yoichi |
関寺与市 |
4 |
unknown |
Semimaru |
蝉丸 |
4 |
Zeami? |
Senju |
千手 千寿 |
3 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Sesshōseki
|
殺生石 |
5 |
unknown |
Settai
|
摂待 |
4 |
Miyamasu |
Shakkyō |
石橋 |
5 |
unknown |
Shari |
舎利 |
5 |
unknown |
Shichiki ochi
|
七騎落 |
4 |
unknown |
Shiga |
志賀 |
1 |
unknown |
Shigehira
|
重衡 |
2 |
|
Shigemori |
重盛 |
4 |
bangai kyoku |
Shikiji monogurui |
敷地物狂 |
4 |
bangai kyoku |
Shikimi tengu
|
樒天狗 |
? |
unknown |
Shirahige |
白髭 白鬚 |
1 |
unknown |
Shironushi |
代主 |
1 |
Komparu Zenchiku? |
Shōjō
|
猩々 |
5 |
unknown |
Shōki |
鍾馗 |
5 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
(Ō) Shōkun
|
(王)昭君 |
5 |
unknown |
Shōzon |
正尊 |
4 |
Kanze Nobutoshi |
Shunkan
|
俊寛 鬼界島 |
4 |
Komparu Zenchiku? |
Shunnei |
春栄
しゅんねい |
4 |
Zeami |
Shunzei Tadanori |
俊成忠度 |
2 |
Naitō Zaemon |
Sonoda |
園田 |
? |
??? |
Sōshi arai (Komachi)
|
草紙洗(小町) |
3 |
unknown |
Sotoba Komachi
|
卒都婆小町 |
4 |
Kan'ami |
Suma Genji
|
須磨源氏 |
5 |
Zeami |
Sumidagawa
|
隅田川 角田川 |
4 |
Kanze Motomasa |
Sumiyoshi mōde
|
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
|
大瓶猩々 |
5 |
unknown |
Taisanpukun
|
泰山府君 |
4 |
unknown |
Taisei Taishi |
太施太子 泰世太子 |
? |
Nobumitsu
|
Taiten |
大典 |
1 |
??? |
Takasago/Aioi
|
高砂 相老 |
1 |
Zeami |
Take no yuki
|
竹雪 |
4 |
unknown |
Tamakazura
|
玉葛 玉鬘 |
4 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Tamanoi
|
玉井 |
1 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Tamura |
田村 |
2 |
unknown |
Tango monogurui
|
丹後物狂 |
4 |
Iami, rev. Zeami
|
Tanikō
|
谷行 |
5 |
unknown |
Tankai |
湛海 |
4 |
unknown |
Tatsuta |
龍田 竜田 |
3 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Teika |
定家 |
3 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Tenko
|
天鼓 |
4 |
unknown |
Tōboku
|
東北 |
3 |
unknown |
Tōbōsaku |
東方朔 |
1 |
Komparu Zenpō |
Tōei |
藤永 藤栄 |
4 |
unknown |
Tōgan koji |
東岸居士 |
4 |
Zeami? |
Tokusa
|
木賊 |
4 |
Zeami? |
Tomoakira |
知章 |
2 |
unknown |
Tomoe |
巴 |
2 |
unknown |
Tomonaga |
朝長 |
2 |
Kanze Motomasa? |
Torioi(bune)
|
鳥追(舟) |
4 |
unknown |
Tōru
|
融
塩釜 |
5 |
Zeami |
Tōsen
|
唐船 |
4 |
unknown |
Tsuchigomo
|
土蜘蛛 |
5 |
unknown |
Tsuchiguruma
|
土車 |
5 |
Zeami |
Tsunemasa |
経政 経正 |
2 |
unknown |
Tsurugoaka |
鶴岡 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Tsurukame
|
鶴亀
月宮殿 |
1 |
unknown |
U no matsuri
|
鵜祭 |
1 |
unknown |
Uchito mōde
|
内外詣 |
1 |
Kongō Nagayori |
Ugetsu
|
雨月 |
4 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Ukai
|
鵜飼 |
5 |
Enamizaemon Gorō
rev. Zeami |
Ukifune
|
浮舟 |
4 |
Yokō Motohisa
rev. Zeami |
Ukon |
右近 |
1 |
Zeami, rev.
Kanze Nobumitsu? |
Ume |
梅 |
3 |
Kanze Motoakira |
Umegae
|
梅枝 |
4 |
unknown |
Uneme |
釆女 |
3 |
Zeami? |
Unoha
|
鵜羽 |
? |
bangai kyoku
|
Unrin'in
|
雲林院 |
3 |
unknown |
Urashima |
浦島 |
1 |
Kanze Miyamasu |
Urokogata |
鱗形 |
1 |
unknown |
Utaura
|
歌占 |
4 |
Kanze Motomasa |
Utō
|
善知鳥 |
4 |
Zeami Motokiyo |
Utsusemi
|
空蝉 |
? |
bangai kyoku |
Yamanba
|
山姥 |
5 |
Zeami |
Yashima
|
八島 屋島 義経 |
2 |
Zeami? |
Yōkihi
|
楊貴妃 |
3 |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Yorimasa |
頼政 |
2 |
Yorimasa |
Yōrō
|
養老 |
1 |
Zeami |
Yoroboshi
|
弱法師 |
4 |
Kanze Motomasa
|
Yoshino Shizuka
|
吉野静 |
3 |
Kan'ami |
Yoshino Tennin |
吉野天人 |
3 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Youchi Soga
|
夜討曽我 |
4 |
Miyamasu |
Yūgao
|
夕顔 |
3 |
unknown |
Yugyō yanagi
|
遊行柳 |
3 |
Kanze Nobumitsu |
Yuki
|
雪 |
3 |
unknown |
Yumi Yawata |
弓八幡 |
1 |
Zeami |
Yuya |
熊野 湯谷 |
3 |
unknown; Komparu Zenchiku? |
Zegai |
善界,是界 是我意 |
5 |
Takeda Sadamori |
Zenji Soga
|
禅師曽我 禅師曾我 |
4 |
unknown |
|