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| | Japan - Kyogen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | At the same time, dengaku developed in the agricultural community, which consisted of ten or more performers with drums, drum-sticks and flutes, singing rural songs and dancing. |
 | | Gradually, both dengaku and sarugaku became linked to various national shrines, with sarugaku gradually becoming more of a stage-play type thing by the 14th century. |
 | | One of the main founders of Noh, Kwanami, named the comic element of plays kyogen, or "mad words." His son, Zeami, refined the concept by noting that the comedy should not be of a vulgar nature, and should be subtle in character. |
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