A Japanese Island Preserves an Ancient and Ghostly Theater Form

Noh was once the entertainment of medieval warriors. Today, remote Sado Islanders embrace one of the world’s oldest surviving types of drama.Shinobu Kamiyama, center, playing the tormented ghost of a famously beautiful woman in the play “Tamakazura” at Ushio Shrine on Sado Island, Japan. Noh dramas often center on supernatural visitations.