Tenko : Details
| Schools | All five schools | |
| Category | the fourth group noh, yūgakumono | |
| Author | Zeami (according to one tradition) | |
| Subject | None | |
| Season | Autumn (July) | |
| Scenes | maeba | in the Later Han Dynasty, China, at Ōhaku’s house and the Emperor’s palace |
| nochiba | On the bank of the Rosui River (a fictional river) | |
| Tsukurimono | kakkodai (a rack for a hand drum) | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Ōhaku |
| Nochi-shite | The ghost of Tenko | |
| Waki | Imperial officer | |
| Ai | Servant of the Imperial officer | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Akobujō, Koushijō, Kojō |
| Nochi-shite | Dōji, Jidō | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | jō-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono with small check pattern) or muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. Also uses shiro-tare (a white wig for an old man) and tōbōshi (Chinese hat) in some cases. |
| Nochi-shite | a long black wig, kitsuke / nuihaku or atsuita karaori, hangiri (a type of hakama), atsuita karaori in tsuboori style or lined happi-style kimono, koshi-obi, and tō-uchiwa (fan in Tang Dynasty style). | |
| Waki | kitsuke / atsuita, shiro-ōkuchi (hakama in ōkuchi-style (white)), sobatsugi, koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 30 minutes | |
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