Nounkyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play · kabuki play; kabuki performance · make-believe; ruse; trick

Noundoer; performer · shite; protagonist; hero; leading part; main character · speculator

Nouninspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system) · old man · white ash (of charcoal)

Nounusofuki; kyogen mask with bulging eyes and pursed lips (as if whistling)

Nounprajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment) · hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) · dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression