Schools |
All five |
Category |
Fourth Group Noh |
Author |
Kanze Jūrō Motomasa (kuse is written by Zeami) |
Subject |
Unknown |
Season |
Spring (February in the lunar calendar) |
Scene |
Tennō-ji Temple in Settsu Province |
Characters |
Shite |
Shuntoku-maru |
Waki |
Takayasu Michitoshi |
Ai |
Michitoshi’s Servant |
Masks |
Shite |
Yoroboshi |
Costumes |
Shite |
A long black wig, (kuroji-kindon-hachimaki [a head band with gold brocade on black cloth]), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters) (kitsuke / nuihaku [a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and with gold or silver flakes placed on the fabric]), koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a cane. |
Waki |
Tops and bottoms of suō (a long-sleeved unlined hemp kimono with matching top and bottom worn by male characters), kitsuke / dannoshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), a small sword, and a fan. |
Ai |
Tops and bottoms of kimono for kyogen-kata. |
Number of scenes |
One |
Length |
About 1 hour and 20 minutes |