Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi) : Details
| Category | The fourth group noh, zatsunoh (the others); Shūnen-mono, Inori-mono | |
| Author | Zeami | |
| Subject | the chapter of Aoi in Genji-monogatari (Tale of Genji) | |
| Season | Undetermined | |
| Scenes | maeba | Lady Aoi's room in the estate of the Sadaijin family. |
| nochiba | ||
| Tsukurimono | Although this is not a tsukurimono, a kosode placed at the center front of the stage represents Aoi-no-ue in illness. | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | doppelganger of Rokujō-no-miyasudokoro |
| nochi-shite (second half lead part) | doppelganger of Rokujō-no-miyasudokoro, female ogre | |
| Tsure (the companion of shite) | Priestess Teruhi | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Yokawa-no-kohijiri | |
| Waki-tsure (companion of waki) | a courtier | |
| Ai-kyogen (interluding cast) | a servant of the Sadaijin family | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Deigan |
| Nochi-shite | Han'nya | |
| Tsure | a mask for tsure, which is similar to what shite dons, such as Ko'omote | |
| Costumes | Shite | kazura, kazura-obi (with scale pattern), hiramotoyui (folded paper string to tie the hair), karaori, kitsuke / uroko-haku (scale pattern), koshimaki / nuihaku (circle pattern), koshi-obi (scale pattern), and a fun. |
| Nochi-shite | After the change of costume on the stage (monogi), the actor holds a stick for beating. | |
| Tsure | kazura, kazura-obi, white mizugoromo, karaori, kitsuke / surihaku, and a Buddhist rosary. | |
| Waki | tokin, suzukake, mizugoromo, kitsuke/atsuita with large check pattern, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, a small sword, a fun, and a Buddhist rosary. | |
| Waki-tsure | hora-eboshi, awase-kariginu (lined kariginu), kitsuke/atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Ai | kamishimo-style kimono with long hakama, kitsuke/dan-noshime (noshime style kimono with very wide stripes), a small sword, and a fan. | |
| Number of scenes | two | |
| Length | 1 hour | |
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