Schools |
All five schools |
Category |
The fourth group noh, kijo-mono |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
Tsurugi no maki (the Volume of the Sword) in the Tale of the Heike, etc. |
Season |
Autumn (September) |
Scenes |
maeba |
Kibune Shrine, around 2 a.m. |
nochiba |
From daytime to night on the same day in the house of Abe no Seimei, then moves to the house of the husband in the Shimogyō area. |
Tsukurimono |
ichijō-dai and an altar (eboshi headdress for a warrior, kazura, and hei (a sacred wand for prayer in Shinto) |
Characters |
Mae-shite (first half lead part) |
Woman who visits the shrine around 2 a.m. |
Nochi-shite(second half lead part) |
Female demon |
Waki (supporting cast) |
Abe no Seimei |
Waki-tsure (companion of waki) |
Man living in the Shimogyō area |
Ai (interluding cast) |
A Shinto priest of Kibune Shrine |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Deigan, Kanawa-onna, or Shakumi |
Nochi-shite |
Either Hashihime or Namanari |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for wig), karaori in tsuboori style, kitsuke / surihaku, koshimaki, nuihaku, koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a rain hat. |
Nochi-shite |
kazura, kazura-obi, hira-motoyui, an iron trivet, kitsuke / surihaku, koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a stick for the demon. |
Waki |
kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), yore-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, ōkuchi-style hakama trousers (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a hei afterwards. |
Waki-tsure |
tops and bottoms of suō (unlined hemp kimono for warrior’s daily wear), kitsuke / noshime without patterns, a small sword, and a fan. |
Ai |
hora-eboshi or nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), yore-mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kukuri-bakama (a way of wearing hakama trousers, tucking the bottoms up at the knee with a string), and a pair of gaiters. |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About one hour |