Schools |
All five |
Category |
The fourth group Noh, shūshin-otoko-mono |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
The Tale of the Heike, Volume 10 |
Season |
Early spring (March in the lunar calendar) |
Scene |
Kojima in Bizen Province |
Characters |
Mae-Shite |
Old Woman (Mother of the Fisherman) |
Nochi-shite |
Ghost of the Fisherman |
Waki |
Sasaki Moritsuna |
Waki-tsure |
Retainers (two or three) |
Ai |
Servant of Moritsuna |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Shakumi, Fukai, Yase-onna, etc. |
Nochi-shite |
Yase-otoko, Kawazu, etc. |
Costumes |
Mae-Shite |
Kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), karaori with no scarlet in its pattern (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters), kitsuke / muji-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing). |
Nochi-shite |
A long black wig, mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi (belt), koshimino (hamino(straw skirt)), a cane, and a fan. |
Waki |
Nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), a white headband, tops and bottoms of hitatare (kimono for warriors), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), komi-ōkuchi (underwear for hakama in ōkuchi-style), koshi-obi, a small sword, and a fan. |
Waki-tsure |
Tops and bottoms of suō (a long-sleeved unlined hemp kimono with matching top and bottom, worn by male characters), kitsuke / muji-noshime, a small sword, and a fan. One of them also holds a sword. |
Ai |
Naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama style trousers). |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 30 minutes |