Schools |
All five. The title is written 千寿 (Senju, literally, “one thousand blessings”) in the Kita school while it is written 千手 (Senju, literally, “one thousand hands”) in the other schools. |
Category |
The Third Group Noh |
Author |
Komparu Zenchiku |
Subject |
Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike) Volume 10, Azuma Kagami (Chronicle of the East) |
Season |
Spring (March in the lunar calendar) |
Scene |
Kamakura in Sagami Province (modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture) |
Characters |
Shite |
Senju |
Tsure |
Taira no Shigehira |
Waki |
Kanōnosuke Munemochi |
Masks |
Tsure |
Wakaonna, Zō, Ko-omote, etc. |
Costumes |
Shite |
Kazura (wig), kazura-obi (belt for a wig), iroiri karaori (outer robes with patterns containing scarlet) wore in kinagashi-style, kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), and a fan. |
Tsure |
[Occasionally wear kara (a piece of square cloth worn over other clothes by Buddhism priests)], kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters) or atsuita-karaori, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white or pale yellow), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. [Sometimes holding Buddhist prayer beads.] |
Waki |
Nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), a white headband, tops and bottoms of hitatare (kimono for warriors), kitsuke / atsuita, komi-ōkuchi (underwear hakama in ōkuchi-style), a sword, and a fan. |
Number of scenes |
One |
Length |
About 1 hour and 40 minutes |