序じょ破は急きゅう

noun

jo-ha-kyū; three-part rhythmic structure in traditional Japanese arts

A fundamental aesthetic principle in Noh, tea ceremony, music, and other traditional arts, describing a gradual acceleration from a slow opening (序), through a developing middle (破), to a rapid climax (急). Often used as a technical term.

• 能のう楽がくでは、序じょ破は急きゅうの構こう成せいが重じゅう視しされる。