Tsuru Kame / Gekkyū-den : Details
| Schools | All five (Called “Gekkyū-den” in the Kita school. “Tsuru Kame” in the other.) | |
| Category | The First group Noh, wakinoh-mono, kara-mono | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Unknown | |
| Season | Spring (January in the lunar calendar) | |
| Scenes | The Emperor’s palace in China (Gekkyū-den Palace) | |
| Characters | Shite | Emperor (Emperor Xuanzong of Tang or Yu the Great) |
| Kokata (or Tsure (the companion of shite) when an adult performs this role) | Crane | |
| Kokata (or Tsure (the companion of shite) when an adult performs this role) | Tortoise | |
| Waki | Senior Minister of His Imperial Majesty | |
| Waki-tsure | Ministers of His Imperial Majesty (about two) | |
| Ai | A Palace Official | |
| Masks | Tsure (Crane) | Ko-omote |
| Tsure (Tortoise) | Kantan-otoko | |
| Costumes | Shite | tō-kanmuri (a type of crown worn by gods or Chinese emperors), iro-hachimaki (colored head band), awase-kariginu (lined kariginu-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita, hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characters such as demons, gods and warriors), koshi-obi (belt), and tō-uchiwa (a Chinese fan). |
| Kokata or Tsure (Crane) | tsuru-dai (a crown worn by Crane), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), iroiri karaori worn in tsuboori style (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe with scarlet in patterns, worn by female characters) (chōken), kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Kokata or Tsure (Tortoise) | kame-dai (a crown worn by Tortoise), kuro-tare, iroiri atsuita worn in tsuboori style (a type of short-sleeved kimono with scarlet in patterns, mainly worn by male characters) (unlined) (kariginu-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki | hora-eboshi (eboshi-style head covering), awase-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | the same as Waki | |
| Ai | kanjin-zukin (a type of headdress), atsuita, sobatsugi (lined happi-style kimono with no sleeves, worn by warriors or Chinese characters), and kukuri-bakama (a way of wearing hakama trousers, tucking the bottom up at the knee with a string). | |
| Number of scenes | One | |
| Length | About 50 minutes | |
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