Schools |
All five. |
Category |
The Second Group Noh, shura-mono |
Author |
Zeami |
Subject |
“Sanemori saigo no koto (the Final Moments of Sanemori)” in the Tale of the Heike, Volume 7 |
Season |
Unknown |
Scene | hinohara in Kaga Province |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Old Man (The Ghost of Saitō no Bettō Sanemori) |
Nochi-shite | Saitō no Bettō Sanemori |
Waki |
Monk Yugyō (Yugyō Shōnin) |
Wakitsure | Attending Monks (two or three) |
Ai |
Villager of Shinohara |
Masks | Mae-shite | Sankōjō, Asakurajō, Waraijō, etc. |
Nochi-shite |
Sankōjō, Asakurajō, Waraijō, etc. |
Costumes | Mae-shite | Jo-kami (wig for old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime or kogōshi mehiki (short-sleeved kimono with no pattern or with small check pattern with fine lines, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male character of lesser standing), koshi-obi (belt), and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Nochi-shite |
Shirotare (a type of wig made of white hair), a white headband, nashi-uchi eboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono 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. |
Waki |
Sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / kogoshi-atsuita (thickly woven kimono with small check patterns), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Wakitsure | Same as Waki. |
Ai | Kataginu (sleeveless robe), han-hakama (ankle-length, hakama style trousers), kitsuke / shima-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with check patterns), koshi-obi, and a fan. (Alternately, naga-kamishimo (tops and bottoms of kimono with long hakama-style trousers), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes), a small sword, and a fan.) |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 45 minutes |