Saigyō-zakura (Saigyō and the Cherry Tree) : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The fourth group Noh | |
| Author | Zeami | |
| Subject | Unknown | |
| Season | Spring (March in the lunar Calendar) | |
| Scene | The garden of Saigyō’s hermitage in the Western Hills of Kyoto | |
| Tsukurimono | Mountain (with a cherry tree) | |
| Characters | Shite | The spirit of an old cherry tree |
| Waki | The poet-priest Saigyō | |
| Waki-tsure | A flower-viewing gentleman | |
| Waki-tsure (tachishu) | Several friends of the flower-viewing gentleman | |
| Ai | Nohriki (Saigyō’s manservant) | |
| Masks | Shite | Shiwa-jō, Ishio-jō, Mai-jō |
| Costumes | Shite | Shirotare (a wig made of white hair), [shiro-hachimaki] (white headband), kazaori-eboshi (a type of head covering worn by noblemen and generals), hitoe-kariginu (an unlined, long-sleeved garment worn by male characters), kitsuke / [ko-goushi] atsuita (a type of lined short-sleeved kimono, mainly worn as the innermost layer of a male character’s costume), coloured ōkuchi, koshi-obi (a sash), and a fan. |
| Waki | Sumibōshi (an angled hat worn by monk roles, with the top folded into a triangle and the rear draped down the back of the performer), mizugoromo (a widely used long-sleeved garment worn by male and female characters of lesser standing), kitsuke / muji-noshime (a type of lined kosode, or short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing) / ko-goushi atsuita, [white ōkuchi], koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Waki-tsure | Suō (a long-sleeved garment with matching top and bottom worn by male characters), kitsuke / muji-noshime, chiisa-gatana (small sword), and a fan. | |
| Ai | Nohriki-zukin (a hood folded behind the head), yore-mizugoromo, kukuribakama (a tied hakama that stops at the knees). | |
| Number of scenes | One | |
| Length | About 1 hour 30 minutes | |
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