Schools |
All five. |
Category |
The Fifth Group Noh, mugen Noh with two scenes |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
The Tale of Heike (Heike Monogatari) volume 3; The Tale of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Gikeiki) Volume 2, etc. |
Season |
Autumn (September in the lunar calendar) |
Scene | Akasaka in Mino Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Monk (Ghost of Kumasaka Chōhan) |
Nochi-shite | Kumasaka Chōhan |
Waki |
Traveling Monk |
Ai |
Villager |
Masks | Mae-shite | None |
Nochi-shite |
Chōrei-beshimi (or Kuro-beshimi) |
Costumes | Mae-shite | Sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern), koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Nochi-shite |
Chōhan-zukin (a type of hood), iro-hachimaki (colored head band) or wearing no head band, awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono) or wearing no happi, kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hangire (a type of hakama-style trousers worn by powerful characters such as demons, gods, and warriors), koshi-obi, and a long-handled sword. |
Waki |
Sumi-bōshi, mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Ai | Tops and bottoms of kimono for Kyōgen-kata, kitsuke / shima-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with check patterns), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 10 minutes |