Ama (The Woman Diver) : Details
| Schools | All five schools. While the Kanze school uses Chinese characters of ‘Ama (海士)’ for this piece, the other four schools use ‘Ama (海人).’ | |
| Category | Fifth-group noh, kirinoh-mono | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Allegedly originated by Ingyō-ki in “Nihon Shoki,” “Taishokkan Monogatari” and “Shido-ji Engi,” etc. | |
| Season | Spring (February) | |
| Scenes | The Nara era | |
| maeba | Shido-no-ura Bay, in Sanuki Province | |
| nochiba | Shido-ji Temple | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Woman Diver |
| Nochi-shite | Dragon Lady | |
| Kokata | Minister Fujiwara no Fusazaki | |
| Waki | Fusazaki’s retainer | |
| Waki-tsure | Fusazaki’s retainers | |
| Ai | A local resident of Shido-no-ura Bay | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Fukai, Ohmi-onna, or Shakumi |
| Nochi-shite | Deigan, Ryūnyo, or Hashihime (Hosho School) | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, mizugoromo, kitsuke / surihaku, koshimaki / nuihaku, koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a sickle and branches of Japanese cedar (seaweed). |
| Nochi-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, kuro-tare (a black wig whose hair extends slightly longer than the shoulder), a dragon’s tiara, maiginu, kitsuke / surihaku, colored ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a sutra scroll. | |
| Kokata | golden kazaori-eboshi, chōken, kitsuke / nuihaku, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki | tops and bottoms of suō, kitsuke / dan-noshime, a small sword, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | Similar to waki. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 30 minutes | |
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