Schools |
All five |
Category |
The fourth group Noh, kyōjo-mono |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
Unknown |
Season |
Autumn (Augusut according to the lunar calendar) |
Scenes |
The first half |
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto |
The second half |
Mii-dera Temple in Ōmi Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Senmitsu’s mother |
Nochi-shite |
Senmitsu’s mother who became a mad woman |
Kokata |
Senmitsu |
Waki |
A monk residing in Mii-dera Temple |
Waki-tsure |
Monks who serve as attendants (two or three) |
Ai |
Man living in the town developed around Kiyomizu Temple |
Ai |
Temple servant in Mii-dera Temple |
Masks |
Shite |
Shakumi or Fukai |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
kazura (wig), kazura-obi (wig band), karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters), kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character) [or karaori worn in tsuboori-style, koshimaki/nuihaku], and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Nochi-shite |
kazura, kazura-obi, mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / surihaku, koshimaki / nuihaku, koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. Holding a stick of bamboo grass in her hand. |
Kokata |
kitsuke / nuihaku, nagabakama (a hakama style trousers with long-stretched trains), and a fan. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono with small check pattern), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, Buddhist prayer beads, and a fan. |
Waki-tsure |
sumi-bōshi, mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, Buddhist prayer beads, and a fan. |
Ai (Man living around Kiyomizu Temple) |
naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama style trousers) |
Ai (temple servant) |
nōriki-zukin (a hood worn by temple servant), yore-mizugoromo (a long-sleeved garment with a transparent appearance, worn by male and female characters of lesser standing),kukuri-bakama (a way of wearing hakama trousers, tucking the bottoms up at the knee with a string). |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 30 minutes |