Genjō / Kenjō : Details
| Schools | All five. In the Kanze school, the title is written as ‘Genjō; in the Hōsho, Komparu, Kongō and Kita schools, it is written as Kenjō. | |
| Category | A fifth-group or Kiri Noh play | |
| Author | Unknown (sometimes attributed to Kongō Yagoro) | |
| Subject | “The Tale of the Heike”, Volume 7, The Seizan Episode, etc. | |
| Season | Autumn | |
| Scene | Suma Bay, Settsu | |
| Characters | Mae-shite | An elderly man |
| Nochi-shite | Emperor Murakami | |
| Tsure | Fujiwara no Moronaga | |
| Mae-tsure | Uba (an elderly woman) | |
| Nochi-tsure | Dragon King | |
| Waki | Moronaga’s servant | |
| Waki-tsure | Attendants | |
| Ai | Moronaga’s menial (also the Dragon King’s dependent) | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Waraijo, or Sankojo, Asakurajo |
| Nochi-shite | Chujo or Imawaka | |
| Mae-tsure | Uba | |
| Nochi-tsure | Kurohige | |
| Ai (Dragon King’s dependent) | Kentoku | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | Jogami (a wig used for the roles of aging men), mizugoromo (a widely used long-sleeved garment worn by male and female characters of lesser standing), kitsuke / muji-noshime (a plain-weave, lined short-sleeved kimono worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing) (also kogohshimehiki), koshimino, koshiobi, and a fan. Carrying a bucket for drawing water. |
| Nochi-shite | Irohachimaki, uikanmuri, hitoe-kariginu or noshi (a long-sleeved unlined garment worn by male characters of the highest standing), kitsuke / nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono), hakama, komi-ōkuchi, koshiobi, and a fan. | |
| Tsure | Kurokazaori-eboshi (type of head covering), choken or hitoe-kariginu (an unlined, long-sleeved garment worn by dancing female characters), kitsuke / atsuiita, shiro- ōkuchi (or hakama), koshiobi, and a fan. May also produce a biwa. | |
| Mae-tsure | Ubagami, kazuraobi, mizugoromo, karaorikinagashi, kitsuke / surihaku (or muji-noshime). | |
| Nochi-tsure | Irohachimaki, akagashira, ryutai, awase-happi, kitsuke / atsuiita, hangiri, koshiobi, uchizue, biwa. | |
| Waki | Awase-happi, kitsuke / atsuiita, shiro- ōkuchi, koshimaki, tachi (sword), fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | Suō-kamishimo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, kogatana (small sword), fan. | |
| Ai (Moronaga’s menial) | Samurai-eboshi, kake-suo, kitsuke / dan-noshime, hakama, kyahan, kogatana, fan. | |
| Ai (The Dragon King’s dependent) | Massha-zukin, mizugoromo, atusita, hakama, kyahan, fan. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 30 minutes | |
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