Kamo : Details
| Schools | All five. The Chinese characters used by the schools differ; the characters “賀茂” are used in the Kanze and Kita schools, while “加茂” is used in the others. | |
| Category | The First group noh, wakinoh-mono | |
| Author | Komparu Zenchiku (some parts are created by Hosho Tayū, according to one tradition.) | |
| Subject | “Kamo Jinja Engi (History of the Kamo Shrines)” etc. | |
| Season | Summer (June in the lunar calendar) | |
| Scenes | Kamo Shrine in Yamashiro Province (Kyoto) | |
| Tsukurimono | Yatate (a cubic or a round structure made of bamboo to support an arrow) | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Village woman |
| Nochi-shite | Deity of Wakeikazuchi | |
| Mae-tsure | Village woman | |
| Nochi-tsure | Celestial maiden (Diety of Mioya) | |
| Waki | Priest serving at Muro no Myōjin | |
| Waki-tsure | Two or three servants | |
| Ai | Deity of a lower-ranked shrine | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Zō |
| Nochi-shite | Ōtobide | |
| Mae-tsure | Ko-omote | |
| Nochi-tsure | Ko-omote | |
| Ai | Noborihige | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), iroiri karaori (outer robes with scarlet in patterns), kitsuke / surihaku, and a pail. |
| Nochi-shite | aka-gashira (long red wig), tō-kanmuri (a type of crown worn by gods or Chinese emperors), awase-kariginu (lined kariginu-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita, hangire (or hangiri; a type of hakama), koshi-obi (belt), and a Shinto hei stick. | |
| Mae-tsure | kazura, kazura-obi, iroiri karaori, kitsuke / surihaku, (and a pail). | |
| Nochi-tsure | tengan (crown for celestial bodies and female court ladies), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), chōken (a type of kimono), kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki | daijin-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress worn by ministers), awase-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | Same as the Waki | |
| Ai | massha-zukin (a type of hood worn by lower-ranked priests), yore-mizugoromo (a type of coarsely woven 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 1 hour and 20 minutes | |
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