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ば　[[場]]
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A '''ba''' ([[場]]) is a large section of a noh play. Each ba may be further subdivided into smaller sections called ''[[dan]]''. Noh plays can be divided into one, two or, in some less frequent cases, three acts called ba. The beginning and ending of a ba does not necessarily depend on the development of the story, or on a change in the place or time setting of the action, but simply by the entrance and/or exit of the shite, or in some cases of the waki. A recurrent dramaturgical pattern has a play composed of two ba. In the '''mae-ba''' (first ba) of typical dream plays (''mugen nō''), the shite, appears in disguise. The mae-ba ends when the shite, here called mae-shite exits. This action is called ''[[naka-iri]]'' (lit. 'go inside'). After the naka-iri it is customary that a kyogen actor appears and performs an interlude as the shite changes the costume and gets ready for the second ba or '''nochi-ba''', which begins with the nochi-shite appearing on stage in its true form.  For plays in real time (''genzai nō''), the second act may indicate a shift of place or players. 

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