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kyōgen

kyōgen is the alternative form of kyogen.

Meaning of kyogen

Noun

kyogen (countable and uncountable, plural kyogen or kyogens)

  1. (uncountable) A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission.
  2. (countable) A work in this genre.
    • Many kyogen include komai, small comic dances and songs which enhance the sense of fun or absurdity of a play.2016, Colleen Lanki, “Japan”, in Siyuan Liu, editor, Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre (Routledge Handbooks), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part II (Dimensions of...

Forms of kyōgen

pluralkyōgen
pluralkyōgens

Questions about kyōgen

What is kyōgen the alternative form of?
Kyōgen is the alternative form of kyogen.

Words near kyōgen in the dictionary

  1. Kyzylorda
  2. Kyïv
  3. Kyïv Rus
  4. Kyïvan Rus
  5. Kyôto
  6. kyōgen
  7. kyōgens
  8. Kyōto
  9. kyūjitai
  10. Kyūshū
  11. KZN

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