Schools |
All fives |
Category |
The Second Group Noh, Shura-mono, Yūshi-mono |
Author |
Unknown |
Subject |
Heike Monogatari (the Tale of the Heike), volume nine |
Season |
Spring (April in the lunar calendar) |
Scene |
First half |
Yabase Bay in Ōmi province |
Second half |
Awazu-ga-hara in Ōmi province |
Tsukurimono |
Boat (loading brushwood), a pole to navigate the boat |
Characters |
Mae-shite |
Old Man |
Nochi-shite |
Imai Kanehira |
Waki | Itinerant Monk |
Waki-tsure |
Monks Following the Itinerant Monk (Two) |
Ai |
Ferryman |
Masks |
Mae-shite |
Asakurajō, Sankōjō, Waraijō |
Nochi-shite |
Heita |
Costumes |
Mae-shite |
Kake-suō (tops of suō kimono), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono of middling quality), 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 (belt), and a pole. |
Nochi-shite |
Nashiuchi-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kurotare (a long black wig), shiro-hachimaki (a white headband), awase-happi (lined happi-style kimono), kitsuke / iroiri-atsuita (a short-sleeved, thickly-woven kimono mainly worn by male characters with scarlet in its pattern), hangire (a type of hakama trousers worn by strong characters such as demons, gods, and warriors), koshi-obi, a fan, and a sword. Putting a branch of plum at the waist. |
Waki |
Sumi-bōshi (a hood worn by ordinary Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Waki-tsure (two) |
Sumi-bōshi (a hood worn by ordinary Buddhist monks), mizugoromo, kitsuke / muji-noshime, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
Ai |
Tops and bottoms of kimono for Kyogen-kata |
Number of scenes |
Two |
Length |
About 1 hour and 15 minutes |