Schools |
All five. It has the title, “Jidō of the Chrysanthemum” (Kiku-Jidō) in the Kanze school and “Jidō of the Headrest” (Makura-Jidō) in the Komparu, Hōshō, Kongoh and Kita schools. |
Category |
The Fourth or Fifth group Noh, Tō-mono (story set in China), Ryaku-waki-noh |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
The Taiheiki |
Season |
Autumn (September in the lunar calendar) |
Scene |
Mount Rekken (Tekken) in China |
Tsukurimono |
Platform (with a chrysanthemum flower and a headrest), a straw hut with chrysanthemum / a straw hut / a mountain. |
Characters |
Shite |
Jidō |
Waki |
Imperial official |
Waki-tsure |
Two retainers of the official |
Masks |
Shite |
Jidō, Dōji |
Costumes |
Shite |
A long black wig; kindan-hachimaki (headband in gold) / iro-hachimaki (colored headband) / shiro-hachimaki (white headband), or no headband; awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono) / karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters) wore in tsuboori-style; kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters) / nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and with gold or silver flakes placed on the fabric; hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characters such as demons, gods and warriors); koshi-obi (belt); and a chrysanthemum leaf fan / tō-uchiwa (a Chinese fan). |
Waki |
Tō-kanmuri (a type of crown worn by gods or Chinese emperors), iro-hachimaki, awase-kariginu (a lined long-sleeved style kimono worn by male characters, especially gods and other dignified characters), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Waki-tsure |
Hora-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress worn by stately figures), awase-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Number of scenes |
One |
Length |
About 50 minutes |