Noh drama first appeared in the 14th century.

Bunraku had narrators to read the dialogue while the attendants controlled the dolls.

The actors enter from a flowerway.

Kabuki/Noh acting follows Chinese tradition.

The Noh actors wore silks.

Noh plays were similar to Chinese drama.

Buraku became popular in the 17th century.

Kabuki is Japanese drama of the common man.

Children may have been 5 years old when they began appearing on stage as the beginning of their lifelong profession.

Scenery in Noh theatre cosisted of pine tree tapestries hung on the back wall.

Noh drama was meant for aristocrats. (First class, rich, powerful, or the highest class would work)

Bunraku is also referred to as doll theatre.

People say Kabuki is better that Noh drama because Kabuki is much more melodramatic and sensational.

Acting is passed down through family lines.

Bunraku doll attendants dressed in all black and wore gauze masks.

The Noh chorus consisted of 6-8 men.

The dolls were about 4 feet tall.

The subject matters of Kabuki ranged from heavy, tension-filled historical tragedies, domestic love triangles, and/or unspoken dance dramas.

The actors tend to be men who are versatile at impersonating women.

Wigs are a very big part of Kabuki costumes, they could weigh 25 lbs. and the would reflect that actors age, station, and/or personality.

Noh plays combined poetry with dance and music.

The masks that the attendants wore told the audience to act as though they were invisible.

The western world borrowed the ramp, trapdoor, and/or the revolving stage.

Women can now act in Kabuki, though many do.

A flowerway is a ramp that extends through the audience from the back of the auditorium up to the stage, actors enter from it.