Funa-Benkei (Benkei in a Boat) : Details
| Category | The fourth or fifth group noh, zatsunoh (the others); hataraki-mono | |
| Author | Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu | |
| Subject | Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu Subject Although two stories, "Yoshitsune Miyako-ochi no Koto (Yoshitsune Exiled from Kyoto)" and "Sumiyoshi and Daimotsu Ni-kasho Gassen no Koto (Two Fights at Sumiyoshi and Daimotsu)" in the fourth volume of Gikei-ki (Tale of Yoshitsune), give inspiration to this drama, the author freely dramatized the story. Therefore, these two stories cannot be listed as the originals of this noh drama. | |
| Season | Autumn or Winter (November) | |
| Scenes | maeba (first half of the drama) | A fishermen's inn on Daimotsu-no-ura Coast in Settsu region |
| nochiba (second half of the drama) | On the sea off Daimotsu-no-ura Coast | |
| Tsukurimono | a boat in front of the waki-za | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | Shizuka-gozen (Lady Shizuka) |
| nochi-shite (second half lead part) | The ghost of Taira no Tomomori | |
| Kokata | Minamoto no Yoshitsune | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Musashibō Benkei | |
| Waki-tsure (companion of waki) | The followers of Yoshitsune | |
| ai-kyogen (interluding cast) | Boatman | |
| Masks | mae-shite | Wakaonna, Fukai, Zō, Ko'omote, etc. |
| mae-shite | Mikazuki, Ayakashi, or Shinkaku | |
| Costumes | mae-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, karaori in "kinagashi" style, kitsuke /surihaku, and a fan. At the time of monogi, wears shizuka-eboshi (eboshi headdress for Shizuka-gozen). |
| nochi-shite | a white headband, long black wig, kuwagata (a type of headdress, which look like a pair of horn), awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke /atsuita-karaori, hangire (a type of hakama), koshi-obi, a regular sword. and holding a long-handled sword. | |
| Kokata | gold kazaori-eboshi (eboshi style headdress), chōken, kitsuke / nuihaku, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi and a fan. Later, wearing a sword, nashi-uchieboshi (eboshistyle headdress for warriors), a white headband, sobatsugi (similar to a lined happistyle kimono but no sleeve), and kitsuke/atsuita. | |
| Waki | tokin, suzukake, striped mizugoromo, kitsuke/ atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, a small sword, a fan, and a Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| waki-tsure | nashi-uchieboshi, a white headband, sobatsugi, kitsuke/atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, a small sword, and a fan. | |
| Number of scenes | two | |
| Length | 1 hour and 25 minutes | |
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