Kurama-tengu (Long-nosed Goblin in Kurama) : Details
| Schools | All five schools | |
| Category | Fifth-group noh, kirinoh-mono, hataraki-mono | |
| Author | Unknown (Miyamasu, according to tradition) | |
| Subject | It might have originated from “Gikei-ki” or “Heiji Monogatari.” Similar stories are seen in the piece of Kōwaka-mai “Mirai-ki (prophecy)” and old jōruri “Yamanaka Tokiwa”. | |
| Season | Spring (March) | |
| Scenes | maeba | A spring day, in the West Valley of Kurama, with full cherry blossoms. |
| nochiba | Sōjō-ga-tani Valley in Mount Kurama. | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (first half lead part) | Mountain priest of Sōjō-ga-tani Valley (no mask) |
| Nochi-shite(second half lead part) | Great Tengu of Mount Kurama | |
| Kokata (juvenile noh actor) | Shanaō (Ushiwakamaru) | |
| Kokata | The other children participating in the cherry-blossom party (several) | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | The monk of the East Valley | |
| Waki-tsure (companion of waki) | Retainers (a few) | |
| Omo-ai (interluding cast) | A temple servant of the West Valley | |
| Ado-ai (interluding cast) | Konoha-tengu (menial long-nosed goblins) (two kyogen-kata) | |
| Masks | Nochi-shite | Ōbeshimi |
| Ado-ai | Tobi, Kentoku, etc. | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite | tokin (a type of headdress worn by mountain priests or tengu (long-nosed goblins), suzukake (bobbles on the costume of mountain priests), mizugoromo, kitsuke / atsuita, white ōkuchi, koshi-obi, a small sword, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. |
| Nochi-shite | kindan-hachimaki (a headband in gold), long red wig, ōtokin (tokin headdress for tengu), awase-kariginu (lined kariginu), kitsuke / atsuita, hangiri, and koshi-obi. Carrying a hauchiwa (a fan for tengu). | |
| Waki | sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kogōshi-atsuita (atsuita with small checked pattern), white ōkuchi-style hakama, koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Waki-tsure | Similar to waki. | |
| Kokata (Ushiwakamaru) | kitsuke / uihaku, chigo-bakama (hakama for children), and a fan. | |
| Kokata (other children) | The same as Ushiwakamaru. | |
| Ai (temple servant) | nōriki-zukin (a hood for a temple servant), mizugoromo, kitsuke / shima-noshime (striped noshime), kukuri-bakama, koshi-obi, a pair of gaiters, and a fan. Carrying a letter. | |
| Ai (menial goblins) | ke-zukin (a hood), yore-mizugoromo, kukuri-bakama, koshi-obi, a pair of gaiters, a fan, and a stick. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 15 minutes | |
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