• Nohkan (redirect from Nōkan)
    The Nohkan (能管) is a high pitched, Japanese transverse bamboo flute, or fue (笛). It is commonly used in traditional Imperial Noh and Kabuki theatre. The...
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    Walis Nokan (born 22 August 1961) is an indigenous Pai-Peinox-Tayal writer from M'ihu community in Taiwan. Walis began his writing career under the pen...
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  • Charles Zégoua Gbessi Nokan (28 December 1936 – 1 November 2022) was an Ivorian academic and writer. He was a member of the Académie des sciences, des...
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    shakuhachi and hotchiku, as well as the transverse gakubue, komabue, ryūteki, nōkan, shinobue, kagurabue and minteki. The sodina is an end-blown flute found...
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  • orifices are blocked with cotton or gauze. The encoffining ritual (called nōkan), as depicted in the film Departures, is rarely performed, and even then...
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  • orifices are blocked with cotton or gauze. The encoffining ritual (called nōkan), as depicted in Departures, is rarely performed, and even then only in...
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    ōtsuzumi hip drum, followed by the kotsuzumi shoulder drum, and the Noh flute (nōkan or simply fue). In kabuki, a number of shamisen players are added, along...
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    the stick-drum (太鼓, taiko). The flute used for Noh is specifically called nōkan or nohkan (能管). A typical Noh play always involves the chorus, the orchestra...
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  • Youth ~The Telepathy Club Appears~" Transliteration: "Aoi Haru no Gimon ~Nōkan Denpa-bu Tōjō~" (Japanese: 青い春の疑問~脳感電波部登場~) Yoshitomo Yonetani Takefumi...
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    orifices are blocked with cotton or gauze. An "encoffining" ritual (called a nōkan) is sometimes performed, in which professional nōkansha (納棺者) ritually dress...
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