National Noh Theatre, Traditional theater in Sendagaya, Japan.
The National Noh Theatre is a Noh and Kyogen venue in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, designed by Hiroshi Ōe and completed in August 1983. Its first-floor Noh stage has 627 seats, and a training stage occupies the second floor. The building also houses an exhibition area, a lecture room and a reference library.
A Noh theatre was planned within the National Theatre but could not be housed there because of the stage's special form. After a 1974 arts council review and a 1976 preparatory committee, the site of the former Tokyo trade bureau in Sendagaya was chosen. The building by Hiroshi Ōe was completed in August 1983 and opened in September 1983.
Since 2007 the theatre has annually staged regular programmes by female performers, a notable development in a field long closed to them. The building also holds an exhibition room where costumes, masks and props used in nohgaku are shown in special exhibitions, alongside a reference library and lecture room.
The theater is located five minutes from Sendagaya Station and is easy to reach. Tickets can be reserved through the website or by telephone.
The theatre has a second, training stage on the upper floor, separate from the main auditorium, and it also houses an exhibition room for costumes, masks and props used in nohgaku. Since 2007 it has annually presented regular programmes by female performers.
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