Schools |
All five |
Category |
The first-group noh, wakinoh-mono, kaminoh-mono |
Author |
Komparu Zenchiku (according to a story) |
Subject |
Unknown |
Season |
Spring (March) |
Scenes |
Chikubu-shima Island in Ohmi Province |
Tsukurimono |
ichijō-dai (a wooden frame 6 feet in length, 3 feet 4 inches in width, and 8 inches in height, covered with gorgeous cloth), miya which represents a shrine, and a boat. |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Old fisherman |
Nochi-shite |
Dragon Deity |
Mae-tsure |
Young Woman |
Nochi-tsure |
Benzaiten (Sarasvati) |
Waki |
Retainer |
Waki-tsure |
Followers of the Retainer (two) |
Ai |
Shinto priest of the Chikubu-shima Shrine |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Asakuranojō, Waraijō, Kojō, etc. |
Nochi-shite |
Kurohige |
Mae-tsure |
Ko-omote |
Nochi-tsure |
Ko-omote |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
jō-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita or kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), koshi-obi (belt), fan, and a paddling pole. |
Nochi-shite |
long red wig, ryūdai (crown exclusively for dragon deity), happi-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita, hangiri (a type of hakama trousers), koshi-obi, beating stick, and a jewel ball. |
Mae-tsure (Young Woman) |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), karaori (outer robes), kitsuke / surihaku, and a fishing pole. |
Nochi-tsure (Sarasvati) |
tengan (crown for celestial bodies and female court ladies), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), chōken, kitsuke / surihaku, hakama trousers in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Waki |
daijin-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress worn by ministers), kariginu-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama trousers in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Waki-tsure |
daijin-eboshi, kariginu-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama trousers in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Ai |
nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), mizugoromo, 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 |
1 hour and 20 minutes |