Hashitomi / Hajitomi : Details
| Schools | All five. The Hosho, Komparu, Kongoh, and Kita schools call this piece “Hashitomi” while Kanze school calls it “Hajitomi.” | |
| Category | The third group noh, kazuramono | |
| Author | Naitō Saemon (according to one tradition) | |
| Subject | The Tale of Genji, the episode of “Yūgao (Moonflower)” | |
| Season | Autumn (September) | |
| Scenes | maeba | At the house of a monk (waki) in Unrin-in Temple in Murasakino, Kyoto. At dusk, near the end of summer training called Geango. |
| nochiba | Night of the same day, at the house of Lady Yūgao in Gojō, Kyoto. | |
| Tsukurimono | A house with a hinged half wall grille | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (lead part for the first half of drama) | Woman |
| Nochi-shite (lead part for the second half of drama) | Ghost of Lady Yūgao | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Monk of Unrin-in Temple | |
| Ai (interluding cast) | Man living nearby the Unrin-in Temple | |
| Masks | Mae-shite | Wakaonna, Fukai, Ko-omote, or Zō |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | kazura, kazura-obi, karaori (outer robe) in “kinagashi”-style, kitsuke / surihaku, and a fan. |
| 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 regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / muji-noshime (noshime style kimono with no pattern), koshiobi (belt), a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 25 minutes | |
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