Schools |
All five schools |
Category |
wakinoh-mono, the first-group Noh |
Author |
Zeami |
Subject |
“Jikkin-shō” Volume 6, “Kokon chomonjū” Volume 6, etc. |
Season |
Spring (April) |
Scenes |
Maeba |
One day at Yōrō Fall in Motosu region, Mino Province (Present-day Gifu Prefecture. Although “Yōrō engi” also claims that the waterfall is located in Motosu region, Yōrō Fall is actually located on Mount Tado in the Yōrō region). |
Nochiba |
Later at the same place on the same day. |
Characters |
Mae-shite (first-half lead part) |
Aged woodcutter |
Nochi-shite (second-half lead part) |
Deity of a mountain |
Tsure (companion of shite) |
Son of the woodcutter |
Waki (supporting cast) |
Imperial investigator |
Waki-tsure (companion of waki) |
Follower of the imperial investigator |
Ai-kyogen (interluding cast) |
A man living in Yōrō village |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Ko-jō, Koushi-jō, or Akobu-jō |
Nochi-shite |
Kantan-otoko |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (atsuita with small check patterns), shiro-ōkuchi (a type of hakama (Japanese trousers), white), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. Using a stick. |
Nochi-shite |
a headband with color, kuro-tare (a black wig whose hair extends slightly longer than the shoulder), suki-kanmuri (a crown for male deity performing a divine dance), awase-kariginu (lined kariginu-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita, shiro-ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Waki |
daijin-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress worn by ministers), awase-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, shiro-ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Tsure |
mizugoromo, kitsuke / noshime without patterns, shiro-ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. Carrying firewood on his back. |
Waki-tsure |
Similar to waki |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 30 minutes |