Kosode-soga : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The fourth group noh, samurai-mono | |
| Author | Unknown [Miyamasu, according to one tradition] | |
| Subject | Soga Monogatari (the Tale of Soga Brothers) | |
| Season | Summer (May) | |
| Scenes | Soga in the Province of Sagami (present-day Kanagawa Prefecture) | |
| Characters | Shite (the lead part) | Soga no Jūrō Sukenari |
| Tsure (the companion of shite) | Soga no Gorō Tokimune | |
| Tomo (bit players) | Servants (two: Oniō and Danzaburō) | |
| Tsure | Mother | |
| Ai [tsure (the companion of shite) in the Hosho school)] | Kasuga no tsubone (in the case of tsure, a retainer of the mother) | |
| Masks | Tsure (mother) | Fukai, Shakumi |
| Costumes | Shite | ori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), kake-hitatare (tops of hitatare-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), a small sword, a fan, and a bow and arrows. |
| Tsure (Tokimune) | ori-eboshi, kake-hitatare, kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a small sword, a fan, and a bow and arrows. | |
| Tomo (bit players) | tops and bottoms of suō (unlined hemp kimono for warrior’s daily wear), kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), a small sword, a fan, and a sword. | |
| Tsure (Mother) | kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), karaori wore in “kinagashi”- style (no scarlet color), kitsuke / surihaku, and a fan. | |
| Ai [Tsure (Servant of Mother in the Hosho school)] | binan-kazura (a white cloth to wrap around the head of a kyogen performer), nuihaku / kosode (a type of kimono), and onna-obi. [tops and bottoms of suō, kitsuke / muji-noshime, a small sword, a fan, and a sword.] | |
| Number of scenes | One | |
| Length | About one hour | |
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