Schools |
All five |
Category |
The third group Noh, kazura-mono |
Author |
Zeami (according to one tradition) |
Subject |
Unknown |
Season |
Spring (January in the lunar calendar) |
Scenes |
Tōboku-in Temple in Kyoto |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Village Woman |
Nochi-shite |
The ghost of Lady Izumi-shikibu |
Waki |
Traveling Monk |
Waki-tsure |
Monk Attending the Traveling monk |
Ai |
Villager (Person who lives near the gate of Tōboku-in Temple) |
Masks |
Shite |
Zō, Wakaonna, Ko-omote, etc. |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters) which includes scarlet color patterns and worn in “kinagashi” style, kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), and a fan. |
Nochi-shite |
kazura, kazura-obi, chōken, kitsuke / surihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), kitsuke / muji-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure |
the same as Waki |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 40 minutes |