Schools |
All five |
Category |
The Third group Noh, kazura-mono |
Author |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Subject |
Chang hen ge (Song of Everlasting Sorrow) |
Season |
Autumn (August in the lunar calendar) |
Scene |
Palace on Mount Penglai in the land of the sages |
Tsukurimono |
A palace |
Characters |
Shite |
Spirit of Imperial Consort Yang (Yang Guifei) |
Waki |
Taoist wizard |
Ai |
A resident of the land of the sages |
Masks |
Shite |
Wakaonna, Ko-omote, Zō etc. |
Costumes |
Shite |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), karaori (a short-sleeved outer kimono for female characters) worn in tsubo-ori style, kitsuke / surihaku (a short-sleeved kimono worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. Wears tengan (crown for celestial beings and female court ladies), during the costume change on stage. |
Waki |
sobatsugi (lined happi-style kimono with no sleeves, worn by warriors or Chinese heroes), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan |
Ai |
Naga-kamishimo (a long-sleeved kimono worn with a sleeveless robe and a pair of hakama trousers with trailing hems) |
Number of scenes |
One |
Length |
1 hour and 40 minutes |