Schools |
All five |
Category |
The second group Noh, shura-mono |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
The Tale of the Heike, Genpei Jōsui-ki (The Story of the Rise and Fall of Genji and Heike Clans), etc. |
Season |
Spring (January in the lunar calendar) |
Scenes |
Awazugahara in Ōmi Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Village Woman |
Nochi-shite |
Lady Tomoe |
Waki |
Traveling Monk |
Waki-tsure |
Attendants (two) |
Ai |
Villager |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Zō, Ko-omote, Wakaonna, Magojirō, or Fukai |
Nochi-shite |
Masukami, Zō, or Magojirō |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters), kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), and a fan. |
Nochi-shite |
nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kazura, kazura-obi, kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), a white headband, karaori worn in Tsuboori style, kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), a sword, a long-handled sword. (Later, wears shiro-neri kosode (a type of kimono made of white silk) or mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono) and holds a small sword and a sedge rain hat) |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure |
Similar to waki |
Ai |
Tops and bottoms of kimono for kyogen-kata |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 10 minutes |