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*''Enmoku'' 演目 - a play, or a piece. Can be used for most theatre forms.
*''Enmoku'' 演目 - a play, or a piece. Can be used for most theatre forms.
*''Geza'' 下座 - the enclosed area to one side of a kabuki stage where musicians perform, barely visible through latticed windows which serve to provide the musicians a limited view of the stage.
*''[[Hakama]] Noh'' 袴能 - Noh performed not in full costume, but in ''[[kamishimo]]''. This is often done in summer, in order to both protect the actors from the heat, and the costumes from the actors' sweat.
*''[[Hakama]] Noh'' 袴能 - Noh performed not in full costume, but in ''[[kamishimo]]''. This is often done in summer, in order to both protect the actors from the heat, and the costumes from the actors' sweat.
*''Hayashi'' 囃子 - the orchestra or instrumental ensemble in [[Noh]] or [[kabuki]].
*''Hayashi'' 囃子 - the orchestra or instrumental ensemble in [[Noh]] or [[kabuki]].
*''[[Jidaimono]]'' 時代物 - a "period piece." A kabuki play set in a particular historical period, prior to the Edo period. Contrasted with ''sewamono'', contemporary plays set in the Edo period.
*''Kaeyagura'' 代櫓 - a temporary kabuki theatre, temporarily licensed by the Tokugawa shogunate to operate for a limited period of time, while one of the long-term licensed theatres is rebuilt, or otherwise temporarily not in operation. Also ''kariyagura'' 仮櫓.
*''Kaeyagura'' 代櫓 - a temporary kabuki theatre, temporarily licensed by the Tokugawa shogunate to operate for a limited period of time, while one of the long-term licensed theatres is rebuilt, or otherwise temporarily not in operation. Also ''kariyagura'' 仮櫓.
*''Sajiki'' 桟敷 - box seats, either at a kabuki theatre, or along the road for watching a parade or procession
*''Sajiki'' 桟敷 - box seats, either at a kabuki theatre, or along the road for watching a parade or procession
*''[[Sewamono]]'' 世話物 - Kabuki plays set in contemporary Edo period society, typically in an urban, townsman (''[[chonin|chônin]]'') setting, in contrast to the ''[[jidaimono]]'' period plays set in earlier periods and typically revolving around imperial court or samurai figures.
*''Shibai'' 芝居 - a play, typically used in kabuki and not in Noh.
*''Shibai'' 芝居 - a play, typically used in kabuki and not in Noh.