Miwa : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The fourth group Noh | |
| Author | Unknown (Zeami, according to one tradition) | |
| Subject | From Toshiyori-mumyō-shō, Gōdan-shō | |
| Season | Autumn (September in the lunar calendar) | |
| Scenes | Miwa in Yamato Province | |
| Tsukurimono | Japanese cedar | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Woman in the village |
| Nochi-shite | Deity of Miwa | |
| Waki | Genpin Sōzu (Monk Genpin) | |
| Ai | Villager | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Shakumi, Fukai, Zō, Masukami, etc. |
| Nochi-shite | Masukami, Nakizō, 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) without scarlet in the pattern, kitsuke / surihaku (a short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character) or nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and with gold or silver flakes placed on the fabric), Buddhist prayer beads, and a leaf |
| Nochi-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, kin-kazaori-eboshi (gold eboshi-style headdress), chōken (an unlined, long-sleeved elegant garment worn by dancing female characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), kitsuke / surihaku, koshi-obi, and a fan. Holds a Shinto hei stick | |
| Waki | sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), 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, Buddhist prayer beads, and a fan | |
| Ai | naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama style trousers) | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 20 minutes | |
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