Sanemori : Details
| Schools | All five. | |
| Category | The Second Group Noh, shura-mono | |
| Author | Zeami | |
| Subject | “Sanemori saigo no koto (the Final Moments of Sanemori)” in the Tale of the Heike, Volume 7 | |
| Season | Unknown | |
| Scene | hinohara in Kaga Province | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Old Man (The Ghost of Saitō no Bettō Sanemori) |
| Nochi-shite | Saitō no Bettō Sanemori | |
| Waki | Monk Yugyō (Yugyō Shōnin) | |
| Wakitsure | Attending Monks (two or three) | |
| Ai | Villager of Shinohara | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Sankōjō, Asakurajō, Waraijō, etc. |
| Nochi-shite | Sankōjō, Asakurajō, Waraijō, etc. | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | Jo-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime or kogōshi mehiki (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern or with small check pattern with fine lines, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male character of lesser standing), koshi-obi (belt), and Buddhist prayer beads. |
| Nochi-shite | Shirotare (a type of wig made of white hair), a white headband, nashi-uchi eboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characters such as demons, gods, and warriors), koshi-obi, a fan, and a sword. | |
| Waki | Sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / kogoshi-atsuita (thickly woven kimono with small check patterns), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Wakitsure | Same as Waki. | |
| Ai | Kataginu (sleeveless robe), han-hakama (ankle-length, hakama style trousers), kitsuke / shima-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with check patterns), koshi-obi, and a fan. (Alternately, naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama-style trousers), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes), a small sword, and a fan.) | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 45 minutes | |
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