Schools |
All five |
Category |
The second group noh, shura-mono |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
Volume 11, “Konjaku Monogatari,” “Kiyomizu-dera Engi (Origin of Kiyomizu-dera Temple)” etc. |
Season |
Spring (March) |
Scenes |
Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto |
Characters |
Mae-shite (first half lead part) |
Boy |
Nochi-shite (second half lead part) |
Sakanoue no Tamuramaru (Tamuramaro) |
Waki (supporting cast) |
Traveling monk |
Waki-tsure (companion of waki) |
Following monks (two) |
Ai (interluding cast) |
A man living in the town outside the gates of Kiyomizu-dera Temple |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Dōji, Jidō |
Nochi-shite |
Heida, Imawaka, Mikazuki |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
a long black wig, mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / nuihaku, koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a broom of bushclover. |
Nochi-shite |
nashi-uchieboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), a white headband, happi-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita with scarlet color, hangire (a type of hakama), koshi-obi, a fan, and a sword. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime -style kimono with no pattern), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure |
Similar to waki |
Ai |
nashiuchi-eboshi, mizugoromo, kukuri-bakama (a style of wearing hakama trousers, tucking its bottoms up at the knee with a string), and a pair of gaiters. |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
1 hour and 20 minutes |