Nue (Monster Nue) : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The Fifth group Noh, oni-mono, kirinoh-mono | |
| Author | Zeami | |
| Subject | The Tale of the Heike | |
| Season | Summer (April in the lunar calendar), Autumn | |
| Scenes | Village of Ashiya in Settsu Province | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Boatman (personified Monster Nue) |
| Nochi-shite | The ghost of Nue | |
| Waki | Traveling Monk | |
| Ai | Villager | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Ayakashi, Awa-otoko, Chigusa-otoko, etc. |
| Nochi-shite | Sarutobide, Kotobide, etc. | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | a long black wig, mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a pole to control a boat. |
| Nochi-shite | long red wig, tō-kanmuri (a type of crown worn by gods or Chinese emperors), happi-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characters such as demons, gods and warriors), koshi-obi, a fan, and a stick for beating. | |
| Waki | sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Ai | kyōgen-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono for kyōgen-kata) | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 20 minutes | |
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