Schools |
All five |
Category |
The second group Noh, shura-mono |
Author |
Zeami (according to one tradition) |
Subject |
The Tale of the Heike (the Nagato-bon version), Genpei Jōsui-ki (The Story of the Rise and Fall of Genji and Heike Clans) |
Season |
Spring (around February in the lunar calendar) |
Scenes |
Ikuta in Settsu Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Man |
Nochi-shite |
Kajiwara no Genda Kagesue |
Waki |
Traveling monk |
Waki-tsure |
Following monks (two or three) |
Ai |
Villager (a person who lives near the Ikuta River) |
Masks |
Nochi-shite |
Heida |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
kake-suō (tops of suō), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. |
Nochi-shite |
nashi-uchieboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), a white headband, awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke / iroiri-atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono partially including red color in the pattern, 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 sword. A twig of plum tree is at his waist. |
Waki |
sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, 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, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure |
Similar to waki |
Ai |
tops and bottoms of kimono for kyogen-kata |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 15 minutes |