Kanawa (Iron Trivet) : Details
| Schools | All five schools | |
| Category | The fourth group noh, kijo-mono | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Tsurugi no maki (the Volume of the Sword) in the Tale of the Heike, etc. | |
| Season | Autumn (September) | |
| Scenes | maeba | Kibune Shrine, around 2 a.m. |
| nochiba | From daytime to night on the same day in the house of Abe no Seimei, then moves to the house of the husband in the Shimogyō area. | |
| Tsukurimono | ichijō-dai and an altar (eboshi headdress for a warrior, kazura, and hei (a sacred wand for prayer in Shinto) | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | Woman who visits the shrine around 2 a.m. |
| Nochi-shite(second half lead part) | Female demon | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Abe no Seimei | |
| Waki-tsure (companion of waki) | Man living in the Shimogyō area | |
| Ai (interluding cast) | A Shinto priest of Kibune Shrine | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Deigan, Kanawa-onna, or Shakumi |
| Nochi-shite | Either Hashihime or Namanari | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for wig), karaori in tsuboori style, kitsuke / surihaku, koshimaki, nuihaku, koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a rain hat. |
| Nochi-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, hira-motoyui, an iron trivet, kitsuke / surihaku, koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a stick for the demon. | |
| Waki | kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), yore-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, ōkuchi-style hakama trousers (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a hei afterwards. | |
| 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. | |
| Ai | hora-eboshi or nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), yore-mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kukuri-bakama (a way of wearing hakama trousers, tucking the bottoms up at the knee with a string), and a pair of gaiters. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About one hour | |
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