Schools |
All five. The Hosho, Komparu, Kongoh, and Kita schools use the Chinese characters “Ya (eight) shima (islands)” while Kanze school uses “Ya (house) shima (islands).” |
Category |
the second group Noh, shuramono |
Author |
Zeami |
Subject |
The Tale of the Heike, volume 11, “Osaka goe no koto,” “Tsuginobu saigo no koto” and “Yumi-nagashi no koto.” |
Season |
Spring (March) |
Scenes |
Yashima in Sanuki Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite (lead part for the first half of drama) |
Old fisherman |
Tsure (companion of lead part for the first half of drama) |
Fellow fisherman |
Nochi-shite (lead part for the second half of drama) |
Minamoto no Yoshitsune |
Waki (supporting cast) |
Traveling monk |
Waki-tsure (companions of waki) |
Following monks (two or three) |
Ai (interluding cast) |
Villager living in Yashima Bay |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Asakurajō, Waraijō, or Sankōjō |
Nochi-shite |
Heida or Imawaka |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
jō-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / noshime-style kimono without patterns, koshimino, koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a fishing pole. |
Nochi-shite |
nashi-uchieboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), a white headband, awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke / dan-atsuita (thickly woven kosode type of kimono with very wide stripes), hangiri (a type of hakama), koshi-obi, a fan, and a sword. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / noshime-style kimono without patterns, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Tsure |
mizugoromo, kitsuke / noshime-style kimono without patterns, koshimino, koshi-obi, a fan, and a fishing pole. |
Waki-tsure |
Similar to waki |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 35 minutes |