NYT > World News A Japanese Island Preserves an Ancient and Ghostly Theater Form Par :Martin Fackler and Ko Sasaki 6 septembre 2025 à 00:01 Noh was once the entertainment of medieval warriors. Today, remote Sado Islanders embrace one of the world’s oldest surviving types of drama. © Ko Sasaki for The New York TimesShinobu 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.