Shakkyō (Stone Bridge) : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The Fifth group noh, kirinoh-mono | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Unknown | |
| Season | Summer (April) | |
| Scenes | Mount Shōryōzen in China (in present Shanxi Province) | |
| Tsukurimono | Two or three ichijō-dai (a wooden frame 6 feet in length, 3 feet 4 inches in width, and 4 or 8 inches in height, covered with gorgeous cloth) decorated with red and white peony flowers. | |
| Characters | Mae-shite (the first half lead part) (or tsure: the companion of shite) |
Woodcutter boy |
| Nochi-shite (the second half lead part) (shite) | Lion | |
| Waki (supporting cast) | Monk Jakushō | |
| Ai (interluding part) | An ascetic | |
| Masks | Mae-shite (tsure) | Dōji |
| Nochi-shite (shite) | Shishiguchi | |
| Ai | Hanabiki | |
| Costumes | Mae-shite (tsure) | a long black wig, mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / nuihaku, koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. |
| Nochi-shite (shite) | a long red wig, happi-style kimono, kitsuke / atsuita karaori (thick outer robes), hangire (a type of hakama), and koshi-obi. | |
| Waki | shamon-bōshi (a hood for high-class monks) or sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), kara (a piece of square cloth worn over other clothes by Buddhism priests), mizugoromo, kitsuke / kogōshi-atsuita (thickly woven kimono with small check patterns), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, fan, and Buddhist prayer beads. | |
| Ai | mizugoromo, kukuri-bakama (a style of wearing hakama trousers, tucking the bottoms up at the knee with string), and a pair of gaiters. | |
| Number of scenes | Two | |
| Length | About 1 hour and 30 minutes | |
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