Schools |
All five schools |
Category |
the fourth group noh, yūgakumono |
Author |
Zeami (according to one tradition) |
Subject |
None |
Season |
Autumn (July) |
Scenes |
maeba |
in the Later Han Dynasty, China, at Ōhaku’s house and the Emperor’s palace |
nochiba |
On the bank of the Rosui River (a fictional river) |
Tsukurimono |
kakkodai (a rack for a hand drum) |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Ōhaku |
Nochi-shite |
The ghost of Tenko |
Waki |
Imperial officer |
Ai |
Servant of the Imperial officer |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Akobujō, Koushijō, Kojō |
Nochi-shite |
Dōji, Jidō |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
jō-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono with small check pattern) or muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. Also uses shiro-tare (a white wig for an old man) and tōbōshi (Chinese hat) in some cases. |
Nochi-shite |
a long black wig, kitsuke / nuihaku or atsuita karaori, hangiri (a type of hakama), atsuita karaori in tsuboori style or lined happi-style kimono, koshi-obi, and tō-uchiwa (fan in Tang Dynasty style). |
Waki |
kitsuke / atsuita, shiro-ōkuchi (hakama in ōkuchi-style (white)), sobatsugi, koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 30 minutes |