Takasago : Details
| Category | waki-noh mono, kaminoh-mono, the first-group Noh | |
| Author | Zeami | |
| Subject | Based on the medieval interpretation of a phrase in the preface of the Kokinshū. Especially the influence of the interpretation of “Kokin Wakashū Jo-kikigaki (Sanryūshō)” is recognized. | |
| Season | Spring (February) | |
| Scenes | Maeba (first half of the drama) | Takasago Bay in Harima Province, at dusk in spring. |
| Nochiba (second half of the drama) | Sumiyoshi in Settsu Province, in the middle of the night on the same day. | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | Old man living in Sumiyoshi |
| Nochi-shite (first half lead part) | Deity of Sumiyoshi | |
| Tsure (companion of shite) | Old man’s aged wife, living in Takasago | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Tomonari, a Shinto priest of Aso Shrine | |
| Waki-tsure (companion of waki) | Retainers of Tomonari (two or four) | |
| Ai (interluding cast) | a villager living near Takasago Bay | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Koushi-jō, Ko-jō |
| Nochi-shite | Kantan-otoko | |
| Tsure | Uba | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | jō-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono with small check pattern), shiro-ōkuchi (a type of hakama (Japanese trousers) that is white), and koshi-obi (belt). Holding sarae (a rake held by Takasago’s shite) or sugi-houki (broom of cedar). |
| Nochi-shite | kuro-tare (a black wig whose hair extends slightly longer than the shoulder), suki-kanmuri (a crown for male deity performing a divine dance), a headband with color, awase-kariginu (lined kariginu-style kimono), kitsuke / iroiri-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono, partially including scarlet color in the pattern), shiro-ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Tsure | uba-gami (a wig for old woman’s character), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), mizugoromo, karaori (outer robes) / ironashi-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono, with no scarlet color in the pattern), and kitsuke / surihaku. In some schools, the actor holds a sugi-houki. | |
| Waki | daijin-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress worn by ministers), awase-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | Similar to waki. | |
| Number of scenes | two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 30 minutes | |
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