Tsuchigumo (Ground Spider) : Details
| Category | the fifth group of noh; kirinoh-mono; hataraki-mono | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Yatai-bon, Heike-monogatari (Tale of the Heike) "Tsurugi no Maki (Story of a Sword)" | |
| Season | Autumn (July) | |
| Scenes | maeba (first half of the drama) | Sickbed of Minamoto no Raikō in Kyoto, between daytime and late night. |
| nochiba (second half of the drama) | An old mound in the outskirts of Kyoto; the nest of the ground spider | |
| Tsukurimono | maeba | an ichijō-dai (a wooden frame 6 feet in length, 3 feet 4 inches in width, and 8 inches in height, covered with gorgeous cloth) at the waki-za. |
| nochiba | a mound in front of small and large hand drums. | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | Monk (no mask) |
| nochi-shite (second half lead part) | The spirit of ground spider | |
| mae-tsure (first half companion of shite) | Minamoto no Raikō | |
| mae-tsure | Kochō | |
| mae-tsure | A warrior of Raikō | |
| mae-waki (first half supporting cast) | A warrior of Raikō (Hitorimusha) | |
| nochi-waki (second half supporting cast) | Hitorimusha | |
| ai-kyogen (interluding cast) | A follower of Hitorimusha | |
| Masks | nochi-shite | Shikami. |
| mae-tsure | a mask for tsure, such as Ko'omote | |
| Costumes | mae-shite | shamon-bōshi (a hood for high-class monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke /atsuita, white ōkuchi〉, koshi-obi, and Buddhist prayer beads |
| nochi-shite | a headband with color, long red wig, awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke /atsuita, hangiri (a type of hakama), koshi-obi, and a stick for beating | |
| tsure: Raikō | black kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), chōken, kitsuke / atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan | |
| tsure: Kochō | kazura, kazura-obi, karaori in kinagashi style, kitsuke/ surihaku, and a fan | |
| mae-waki | samurai-eboshi, kake-hitatare (tops of hitatare style kimono for warriors), kitsuke/atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, a small sword, and a fan | |
| nochi-waki | a white headband, sobatsugi, kitsuke/atsuita a white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a sword | |
| waki-tsure | the same as nochi-waki | |
| tomo | tops and bottoms of suō (unlined hemp kimono for warrior's daily wear), kitsuke / noshime without patterns, a small sword, a fan, and a regular sword | |
| Number of scenes | two | |
| Length | 1 hour | |
｜日本語サイト
｜Introducing the world of Noh
｜The words of Zeami
｜Noh and International Cultural Exchange
｜Trivia
｜Plays Database
｜Masks Database
｜Noh Terminology
｜Noh theater map
｜People behind the scenes
｜Noh Talk
｜Great Masters
｜essay : Noh and Me
｜Performance Schedule
｜Credit
｜Sponsorship
｜Site Map
｜Update History