Schools |
All five |
Category |
The Fifth group noh, kirinoh-mono |
Author |
Enami Saemon Gorō (Revised by Zeami) |
Subject |
Unknown |
Season |
Summer (May) |
Scenes |
Isawa in Kai Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Old man (Cormorant fisherman) |
Nochi-shite |
King Yama |
Waki |
Traveling monk |
Waki-tsure |
Accompanying monk |
Ai |
Villager |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Asakuranojō, Waraijō, or Sankōjō, etc. |
Nochi-shite |
Kobeshimi |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
jō-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), koshi-obi (belt), koshimino, a fan and a torch. |
Nochi-shite |
long red wig, tō-kanmuri (a type of crown worn by gods or Chinese emperors), happi-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita, hangire (a type of hakama), koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure |
Same as the Waki |
Ai |
tops and bottoms of kimono for kyogen-kata, koshi-obi, and a fan. |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 20 minutes |