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Kiyotsune : Details

Schools	All five
Category	the second group Noh, shuramono
Author	Zeami
Subject	“Genpei-seisuiki (Genpei-jōsuiki)” and “Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike)”
Season	Autumn (September)
Scenes	Kyoto after the exile of the Heike clan, at the house of Taira no Kiyotsune’s wife.
Characters	Shite (lead part)	The spirit of Taira no Kiyotsune
	Waki (supporting cast)	Awazu no Saburo, a retainer of Kiyotsune
	Tsure (companion of lead part)	Wife of Kiyotsune
Masks	Shite	Chūjō, Imawaka
	Tsure	a mask for tsure, such as Ko-omote
Costumes	Shite	kuro-tare (a black wig with hair extending slightly longer than the shoulder), shiro-hachimaki (a white headband), nashi-uchieboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), choken or unlined happi, kitsuke / atsuita or nuihaku, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), a sword, and a fan.
	Tsure	kazura, kazura-obi, karaori in “kinagashi”-style, kitsuke / surihaku, and a fan.
	Waki	kake-suō (tops of suō), kitsuke / dan-noshime (noshime style kimono with very wide stripes), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a small sword, and a fan. Wearing an amulet case around his neck and wearing a sedge rain hat.
Number of scenes	One
Length	About 1 hour and 10 minutes