Sōshi Arai / Sōshi Arai Komachi : Details
| Schools | All five. The title is “Washing the Page of a Book” (Sōshi Arai, 草紙洗) in the Hōsho and Kongoh schools. It is “Komachi Washing the Page of a Book” (Sōshi Arai Komachi, 草紙洗小町) in the Komparu and Kita schools and Sōshi Arai Komachi (employing different kanji,草子洗小町) in the Kanze school. | |
| Category | The third group Noh | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Unknown | |
| Season | Summer (the fourth month of the lunar calendar) | |
| Scene | Kyoto | |
| Characters | Shite | Ono no Komachi |
| Kokata | King (Emperor) | |
| Tsure | Ki no Tsurayuki | |
| Waki | Ōtomo no Kuronushi | |
| Ai | Servant / Retainer of Kuronushi | |
| Characters The following roles are added depending on schools: |
[Kanze School] Tsure | Mibu no Tadamine, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, Female retainers of Imperial Court (Two) |
| [Hōshō School] Tsure (Bit Player) | High-ranking nobles (Three) | |
| [Komparu School] Tsure | High-ranking nobles (Two), Female retainers of Imperial Court (Three) | |
| [Kongoh School] Tsure (Bit Player) | High-ranking nobles (Two), Female retainers of Imperial Court (Two) | |
| [Kita School] Tsure | High-ranking nobles (Two), Female retainers of Imperial Court (Two) | |
| Masks | Shite | Fukai, Wakaonna, Zō, Ko-omote |
| Tsure (female retainers) | Fukai, Wakaonna | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | Kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), iroiri karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe in scarlet with a pattern) worn in kinagashi style, kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), and a fan. |
| Nochi-shite | Kazura, kazura-obi, iroiri karaori worn in tsuboori-style, kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), koshi-obi, and a fan. Wears kazaori-eboshi (eboshi style headdress) at the time of monogi. | |
| Kokata | Uikanmuri (the headdress for emperors, nobles, or aged deities), hitoe-kariginu (unlined long-sleeved kimono worn by male characters, especially gods and other dignified characters), kitsuke / nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and gold or silver flakes applied to the fabric) sashinuki (a pair of long hakama style trousers tucked at the knee by strings) / hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Tsure (Ki no Tsurayuki) | Okina-eboshi / kazaori-eboshi (eboshi style headdress), hitoe-kariginu / chōken (unlined, long-sleeved elegant garment worn by dancing female characters), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Tsure (Mibu no Tadamine, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune) | Kazaori-eboshi, chōken, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Tsure (Nobles) | Kazaori-eboshi, chōken, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Tsure (Female retainers) | Kazura, kazura-obi, karaori worn in tsuboori-style, kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), koshi-obi, a fan. | |
| Mae-Waki | Kazaori-eboshi, chōken, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Nochi-Waki | Kazaori-eboshi, hitoe-kariginu, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a fan, and a book. | |
| Ai | Naga-kamishimo (Long-sleeved kimono worn with a sleeveless robe and a pair of hakama trousers with trailing hems.) | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour 30 minutes | |
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