Schools |
All five |
Category |
The fourth group Noh |
Author |
Unknown (Zeami, according to one tradition) |
Subject |
From Toshiyori-mumyō-shō, Gōdan-shō |
Season |
Autumn (September in the lunar calendar) |
Scenes |
Miwa in Yamato Province |
Tsukurimono |
Japanese cedar |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Woman in the village |
Nochi-shite |
Deity of Miwa |
Waki |
Genpin Sōzu (Monk Genpin) |
Ai |
Villager |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Shakumi, Fukai, Zō, Masukami, etc. |
Nochi-shite |
Masukami, Nakizō, Ko-omote, etc. |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters) without scarlet in the pattern, kitsuke / surihaku (a short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character) or nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and with gold or silver flakes placed on the fabric), Buddhist prayer beads, and a leaf |
Nochi-shite |
kazura, kazura-obi, kin-kazaori-eboshi (gold eboshi-style headdress), chōken (an unlined, long-sleeved elegant garment worn by dancing female characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), kitsuke / surihaku, koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a Shinto hei stick |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), 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, Buddhist prayer beads, and a fan |
Ai |
naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama style trousers) |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 20 minutes |