Sagi (The Heron) : Details
| Schools | All five | |
| Category | The Fourth Group Noh | |
| Author | Unknown | |
| Subject | Heike Monogatari (The Tale of Heike Clan), Genpei Jōsui-ki (The Story of the Rise and Fall of Genji and Heike Clans), etc. | |
| Season | Summer (June in the lunar calendar) | |
| Scene | Shinsen-en in Kyoto | |
| Tsukurimono | A palanquin | |
| Characters | Shite | Heron |
| Tsure or Kokata | Emperor | |
| Waki | Chamberlain | |
| Waki-tsure | Ministers [Attendants] (Three to five) | |
| Waki-tsure [Bit Players] | Palanquin carriers (Two) | |
| Ai | Imperial Official | |
| Masks | Hitamen | |
| Costumes | Shite | Sagi-kanmuri (crown for a heron character), shiro-tare (a type of wig made of white hair), shiroji-karaori (a short-sleeved outer kimono worn by female characters) or shiroaya (silk kimono) worn in tsubo’ori-style (white), kitsuke / shirohaku (kimono with embroidery in white) or shiroaya, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi (belt), and a fan. |
| Tsure or Kokata | Uikanmuri (the headdress for emperors, nobles, or aged deities), unlined kariginu-style kimono, kitsuke / nuihaku (a short-sleeved kimono with embroidery and gold or silver flakes placed on the fabric), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white) or komi-ōkuchi (underwear-like hakama in ōkuchi-style), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki | Ori-eboshi or samurai-eboshi (eboshi-style headdress for warriors), kake-hitatare (tops of hitatare-style kimono), kitsuke / atsuita (a type of short-sleeved kimono mainly worn by male characters), hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, a small sword, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure | Kazaori-eboshi (an eboshi-style headdress) or hora-eboshi (an eboshi-style headdress worn by stately characters), chōken (an unlined, long-sleeved elegant garment worn by dancing female characters) or awase-kariginu (lined long-sleeved kariginu-style kimono worn by male characters, especially gods and other dignified characters), kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Waki-tsure [Bit Players (Palanquin carriers)] | kitsuke / atsuita, hakama in ōkuchi-style (white), koshi-obi, and a fan. | |
| Ai | Kanjin-zukin (a type of headdress), atsuita, sobatsugi (lined happi-style kimono worn by warriors or Chinese characters), kukuri-bakama (a way of wearing hakama trousers, tucking the bottoms up at the knee with strings), a pair of gaiters, a small sword, and a fan. | |
| Number of scenes | One | |
| Length | About 1 hour | |
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