Schools |
All five |
Category |
The fourth group noh, samurai-mono |
Author |
Unknown [Miyamasu, according to one tradition] |
Subject |
Soga Monogatari (the Tale of Soga Brothers) |
Season |
Summer (May) |
Scenes |
Soga in the Province of Sagami (present-day Kanagawa Prefecture) |
Characters |
Shite (the lead part) |
Soga no Jūrō Sukenari |
Tsure (the companion of shite) |
Soga no Gorō Tokimune |
Tomo (bit players) |
Servants (two: Oniō and Danzaburō) |
Tsure |
Mother |
Ai [tsure (the companion of shite) in the Hosho school)] |
Kasuga no tsubone (in the case of tsure, a retainer of the mother) |
Masks |
Tsure (mother) |
Fukai, Shakumi |
Costumes |
Shite |
ori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), kake-hitatare (tops of hitatare-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), a small sword, a fan, and a bow and arrows. |
Tsure (Tokimune) |
ori-eboshi, kake-hitatare, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a small sword, a fan, and a bow and arrows. |
Tomo (bit players) |
tops and bottoms of suō (unlined hemp kimono for warrior’s daily wear), kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), a small sword, a fan, and a sword. |
Tsure (Mother) |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), karaori wore in “kinagashi”- style (no scarlet color), kitsuke / surihaku, and a fan. |
Ai [Tsure (Servant of Mother in the Hosho school)] |
binan-kazura (a white cloth to wrap around the head of a kyogen performer), nuihaku / kosode (a type of kimono), and onna-obi. [tops and bottoms of suō, kitsuke / muji-noshime, a small sword, a fan, and a sword.] |
Number of scenes |
One |
Length |
About one hour |