Nohhon

The old name for Noh performance script. Both Noh book and Utaihon – Noh songbook have the same point of writing verses, but “Utaihon” is a rehearsal for learning Utai and Noh book which such as can also be seen the note of the effect in time to, can be regarded as a script for performance. Zeami also called it the “Book of Noh” and the “Book of Utai”. The oldest of the existing Noh book is Muromachi period (early 15th century, Oei era year) of Zeami autograph book in , Kanze family has four song such as “Namba”, “Furu”, “Matsuura” , “Akoyamatsu” is handed down, the Konparu family has five songs, “Morihisa,” “Tadotsuzaemon,” “Eguchi,” “Unrinin,” and “Kashiwazaki,” have been handed down.