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Schools All five
Category The second group Noh, shura-mono
Author Zeami (according to one tradition)
Subject The Tale of the Heike (the Nagato-bon version), Genpei Jōsui-ki (The Story of the Rise and Fall of Genji and Heike Clans)
Season Spring (around February in the lunar calendar)
Scenes Ikuta in Settsu Province
Characters Mae-shite Man
Nochi-shite Kajiwara no Genda Kagesue
Waki Traveling monk
Waki-tsure Following monks (two or three)
Ai Villager (a person who lives near the Ikuta River)
Masks Nochi-shite Heida
Costumes Mae-shite kake-suō (tops of suō), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan.
Nochi-shite nashi-uchieboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), a white headband, awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke / iroiri-atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono partially including red color in the pattern, mainly worn by male characters), hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characters such as demons, gods and warriors), koshi-obi, a fan, and a sword. A twig of plum tree is at his waist.
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 15 minutes
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