Momijigari (Autumn Foliage Viewing) : Details
| Category | the fifth group of Noh, kirinoh-mono, hataraki-mono | |
| Author | Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu | |
| Subject | None | |
| Season | Autumn (September) | |
| Scenes | Maeba (first half of the drama) | One afternoon on a certain mountain with beautiful crimson foliage. |
| Nochiba (second half of the drama) | At night at the same venue. | |
| Tsukurimono | A mountain on 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), placed in front of large and small hand drum players. | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | a noble woman |
| Nochi-shite (first half lead part) | a demon | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Taira no Koremochi | |
| Mae-tsure (companions of shite in the first half) | retinues of the woman | |
| Waki-tsure (the companion of Waki) | a retainer (a servant holding his master’s sword) | |
| Waki-tsure (the companion of Waki) | beaters | |
| Omo-ai (main interluding cast) | a female servant of the woman | |
| Ado-ai (other interluding part) | the Deity Takeuchi | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Wakaonna, Zō, Manbi, etc. |
| Nochi-shite | Shikami or Hannya | |
| Mae-tsure | Ko-omote | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, karaori in “kinagashi”-style with scarlet color in the pattern, kitsuke / surihaku, and a fan. |
| 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. | |
| Waki | nashi-uchieboshi, a white headband, chōken, kitsuke /atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. Carrying a bow and arrows at maeba and a sword at nochiba. | |
| Tsure | Similar to shite. | |
| Waki-tsure | tops and bottoms of suō (unlined hemp kimono for warrior’s daily wear), kitsuke / noshime without patterns, a small sword, and a fan. One serves to hold the master’s sword, and the others carry bamboo poles. | |
| Ai | binan-kazura (a white cloth to wrap around the head of a kyogen performer), kitsuke / nuihaku, onna-obi, and a fan. | |
| Number of scenes | two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 20 minutes | |
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