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。

  In Noh theater, the jo-ha-kyū structure is emphasized.

• 茶さ道どうの点前てまえにも序じょ破は急きゅうの考かんがえ方かたが取とり入いれられている。

  The concept of jo-ha-kyū is also incorporated into the tea ceremony procedure.