Schools |
All five |
Category |
The fourth group Noh |
Author |
Zeami |
Subject |
Unknown |
Season |
Spring (March in the lunar Calendar) |
Scene | The garden of Saigyō’s hermitage in the Western Hills of Kyoto |
Tsukurimono |
Mountain (with a cherry tree) |
Characters |
Shite |
The spirit of an old cherry tree |
Waki | The poet-priest Saigyō |
Waki-tsure |
A flower-viewing gentleman |
Waki-tsure (tachishu) |
Several friends of the flower-viewing gentleman |
Ai |
Nohriki (Saigyō’s manservant) |
Masks |
Shite |
Shiwa-jō, Ishio-jō, Mai-jō |
Costumes |
Shite |
Shirotare (a wig made of white hair), [shiro-hachimaki] (white headband), kazaori-eboshi (a type of head covering worn by noblemen and generals), hitoe-kariginu (an unlined, long-sleeved garment worn by male characters), kitsuke / [ko-goushi] atsuita (a type of lined short-sleeved kimono, mainly worn as the innermost layer of a male character’s costume), coloured ōkuchi, koshi-obi (a sash), and a fan. |
Waki |
Sumibōshi (an angled hat worn by monk roles, with the top folded into a triangle and the rear draped down the back of the performer), mizugoromo (a widely used long-sleeved garment worn by male and female characters of lesser standing), kitsuke / muji-noshime (a type of lined kosode, or short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing) / ko-goushi atsuita, [white ōkuchi], koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure |
Suō (a long-sleeved garment with matching top and bottom worn by male characters), kitsuke / muji-noshime, chiisa-gatana (small sword), and a fan. |
Ai |
Nohriki-zukin (a hood folded behind the head), yore-mizugoromo, kukuribakama (a tied hakama that stops at the knees). |
Number of scenes |
One |
Length |
About 1 hour 30 minutes |