Yugyō-Yanagi : Details
| Schools | All fives | |
| Category | The Third Group Noh | |
| Author | Kanze Nobumitsu | |
| Subject | Shin-Kokin-wakashū (New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern) Volume 3 poem number 262, Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji), etc. | |
| Season | Autumn | |
| Scene | Shirakawa in Mutsu Province and the vicinity of Ashino in Shimotsuke Province | |
| Tsukurimono | A mound with a branch of willow, placed in front of the hand drum players | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | Old Man |
| Nochi-shite | Spirit of Willow | |
| Waki | Yugyō Shōnin | |
| Waki-tsure | Accompanying Monks (two) | |
| Ai | Villager | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Sankōjō, Akobujō, Asakurajō |
| Nochi-shite | Maijō, Shiwajō, Ishiōjō | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | Jō-kami(wig for an old man’s character), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono of middling quality), kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (thickly-woven kimono with small check patterns) koshi-obi (belt), Buddhist prayer beads, and a fan. |
| Nochi-shite | Shiroji-kindan-hachimaki (a white headband with golden brocade), shirotare (a type of wig made of white hair), kuro kazaori-eboshi (black eboshi-style headdress) or yanagisabi kazaori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress having willow-like wrinkles), hitoe-kariginu (unlined long-sleeved kimono worn by male characters, especially gods and other dignified characters), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (scarlet), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki | Sumi-bōshi (a hood for ordinary 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) or kogōshi-atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Waki-tsure (two) | Sumi-bōshi (a hood for ordinary 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) or kogōshi-atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Ai | Naga-kamishimo (long-sleeved kimono worn with a sleeveless robe and a pair of hakama trousers with trailing hems), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), koshi-obi, a small sword, and a fan. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 50 minutes | |
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