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Hyakuman : Details

Schools	All five
Category	The Fourth group Noh, kyōjo-mono
Author	Zeami (Based upon “Saga-monogurui,” created by Kannami)
Subject	Unknown
Season	Spring (March in the lunar calendar)
Scene	Seiryōji Temple in Sagano, Kyoto
Characters	Shite	Hyakuman
	Kokata	Hyakuman’s son
	Waki	Man (or Monk) (depending on the school or setting)
	Ai	Someone living around the temple (Someone living around Seiryōji Temple in Sagano)
Masks	Shite	Shakumi or Fukai
Costumes	Shite	Kazura (wig), kazura-obi (band for a wig), maeori-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress), chōken (an unlined, long-sleeved, elegant garment worn by dancing female characters), kitsuke / surihaku (short-sleeved kimono, worn as the innermost layer of the costume of a female character), koshimaki / nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and with gold or silver flakes placed on the fabric), koshi-obi (belt), a fan, and a twig of bamboo grass.
	Kokata	Kitsuke / nuihaku, nagabakama (hakama-style trousers with long-stretched trains), and a fan.
	Waki	[in the case of a man] Tops and bottoms of suō (a long-sleeved unlined hemp kimono with matching top and bottom worn by male characters), kitsuke / dan-noshime (short-sleeved kimono with very wide stripes, worn as the innermost layer of the costumes of male characters of lesser standing), a small sword, and a fan. [in the case of a monk] Sumi-bōshi (a hood for regular Buddhist monks), mizugoromo (a type of knee-length kimono), kitsuke / dan-noshime, koshi-obi, a fan, and Buddhist prayer beads.
	Ai	Naga-kamishimo (a long-sleeved kimono worn with a sleeveless robe and a pair of hakama trousers with trailing hems).
Number of scenes	One
Length	About 1 hour and 20 minutes

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