Kantan : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The Fourth group Noh | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | “Chinchū-ki” and Volume 25 of “Taihei-ki” | |
| Season | Any season | |
| Scenes | The village of Kantan in China (currently Handan City in Hebei Province, China) | |
| Tsukurimono | Hittate-ōmiya-ichijō-dai (Ōyatai ichijō-dai, a wooden frame covered with gorgeous cloth with a roof which is supported by four pillars at the corners) [set with a pillow] | |
| Characters | Shite | Rosei |
| Kokata | Dancer | |
| Waki | Imperial Messenger | |
| Waki-tsure | Litter Carriers (two) | |
| Waki-tsure | Ministers of His Imperial Majesty (three) | |
| Ai | Mistress of the Inn at Kantan Village | |
| Masks | Shite | Kantan-otoko |
| Costumes | Shite | a long black wig (kuroji-kindan-hachimaki, a black headband in gold), kara (a piece of square cloth worn by Buddhism priests over other clothes), happi-style kimono (atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters)karaori (a short-sleeved kimono outer robe worn by female characters) worn in tsuboori style), kitsuke / atsuita karaori, hangire (a type of hakama worn by strong characters such as demons, gods and warriors), koshi-obi (belt), Buddhist prayer beads, and tō-uchiwa (a Chinese fan). |
| Kokata | kin-kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), chōken, kitsuke / nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and with flakes of gold or silver on the fabric), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. (Or, suihatsu-tsuba-motoyui (a string used to tie one’s hair), karaori in tsuboori style, kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan.) | |
| Waki | sobatsugi (lined happi-style kimono with no sleeves, worn by warriors or Chinese characters), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure (Litter Carriers) | kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure (Ministers) | hora-eboshi (eboshi- style headdress worn by stately figures), awase-kariginu (a lined long-sleeved style kimono worn by male characters especially gods and other dignified characters), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Ai | kazura (wig), sobatsugi, and nuihaku. | |
| Number of scenes | One | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 40 minutes | |
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