Category |
the second group noh, shuranoh (stories of aceldama) |
Author |
Zeami |
Subject |
The Tale of the Heike, volume 9, “Atsumori no saigo (the death of Atsumori)" etc |
Season |
Autumn (August) |
Scenes |
Shortly following the death of Atsumori in battle. After Kumagai no Jirō Naozane became a priest. |
maeba (first half of the drama) |
At dusk in summer at Ichi-no-tani in Settsu Province. |
nochiba (second half of the drama) |
At the same place in later hours. |
Characters |
Mae-shite (first half lead part) |
a grass cutter (no mask) |
Nochi-shite (second half lead part) |
the ghost of Taira no Atsumori |
Tsure (the companion of shite) |
Two to four of the grass cutter's companions (no mask) |
Waki (supporting cast) |
Rensei (Renshō) |
Ai (interluding cast) |
A man living in Suma |
Masks |
Nochi-shite |
Jūroku, Atsumori, Dōji, or Chūjō |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / dan-noshime (noshime style kimono with very wide stripes), koshi-obi (belt), and shoulder a basket of flowers. |
Nochi-shite |
kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), a white headband, nashi-uchieboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), chōken, kitsuke / atsuita (thickly woven kosode type of kimono), shiro-ōkuchi (hakama in ōkuchi (wide)-style, white), koshi-obi, a fan, and a sword. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime style kimono without patterns), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Tsure |
mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi , a fan, and shoulders a basket of flowers. |
Number of scenes |
two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 25 minutes |