''Kyôgen'' pieces, which today typically serve as the comic interlude between acts of a Noh play, are known to have been performed alongside ''sarugaku''/Noh (i.e. on the same program) since at least the mid-14th century. Ever since then, they have become closely intertwined, and have developed to a certain extent in parallel.<ref>Tsubaki, 301.</ref> | ''Kyôgen'' pieces, which today typically serve as the comic interlude between acts of a Noh play, are known to have been performed alongside ''sarugaku''/Noh (i.e. on the same program) since at least the mid-14th century. Ever since then, they have become closely intertwined, and have developed to a certain extent in parallel.<ref>Tsubaki, 301.</ref> |