Seiōbo (Xiwangmu) : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | Waki-noh mono, the first-group Noh | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Unknown | |
| Season | Spring (March in the lunar calendar) | |
| Scene | The palace of King Mu of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China | |
| Tsukurimono | Hikitate-Ōmiya or Ōyatai (a wooden frame with a roof which is supported by four pillars at the corners). | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Young Lady (The Transformation of Xiwangmu) |
| Nochi-shite | Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West | |
| Mae-tsure | Woman (often does not appear) | |
| Nochi-tsure or child actor | Xiwangmu’s attendant | |
| Waki | King | |
| Waki-tsure | Ministers of His Majesty (two) | |
| Ai | Court Official | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Zō, Ko-omote, Nakizō |
| Nochi-shite | Nakizō, Ko-omote | |
| Mae-tsure | Zō, Ko-omote, Nakizō | |
| Nochi-tsure | Ko-omote (no mask is worn if the role is performed by a child actor) | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | Kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), karaori with scarlet in its pattern (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters), kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), and a branch of a peach tree. |
| Nochi-shite | Kazura and kazura-obi or kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly below the shoulder), tengan (a crown for celestial beings and court ladies), maiginu in purple or chōken (an unlined, long-sleeved elegant garment worn by dancing female characters), kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), koshi-obi (belt) or belt and a sword, and a fan. | |
| Mae-tsure | Kazura, kazura-obi, karaori with scarlet in its pattern, kitsuke / surihaku, and a branch of peach tree. | |
| Nochi-tsure or child actor | Kazura, kazura-obi, sobatsugi (lined happi-style kimono with no sleeves, worn by warriors or Chinese characters), karaori with scarlet in its pattern, kitsuke / surihaku, and a peach. | |
| Waki | Tō-kanmuri (a type of crown worn by gods or Chinese emperors), iro-hachimaki (colored headband), awase-kariginu (a lined long-sleeved style kimono worn by male characters, especially gods and other dignified characters), kitsuke / atsuita karaori (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan or a Chinese fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | Hora-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress worn by stately roles), awase-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Ai | Kanjin-zukin (a type of headdress), sobatsugi, kukuri-bakama (a way of wearing hakama trousers by tucking the bottoms up at the knee with a string), and a pair of gaiters. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 15 minutes | |
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