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Nonomiya : Details

Schools	All five schools
Category	the third group Noh, kazura-mono
Author	Unknown
Subject	The episode of Sakaki in The Tale of Genji
Season	Autumn (September)
Scenes	Maeba	Evening at an old shrine of Nonomiya in Sagano, Kyoto
Scenes	Nochiba	Same place in the middle of the night
Tsukurimono	Torii gate at the central front of the stage.
Characters	Mae-shite (first-half lead part)	Village woman
	Nochi-shite (second-half lead part)	Ghost of Lady Rokujō
	Waki (supporting cast)	Traveling monk
	Ai (interluding cast)	Villager
Masks	Mae-shite	Wakaonna, Fukai, Ko-omote, Zō, or Magojirō
Masks	Nochi-shite	Same as above
Costumes	Mae-shite	kazura, kazura-obi, karaori (outer robe) in “kinagashi”-style, kitsuke / surihaku, and a fan. Holds a tree branch.
	Nochi-shite	kazura, kazura-obi, chōken, kitsuke / surihaku, scarlet hakama in ōkuchi-style, koshi-obi (belt), and a fan.
	Waki	sumi-bōshi (a hood for ordinary Buddhist monks), kitsuke / noshime without patterns, mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads.
Number of scenes	Two
Length	About two hours