OKINATSUKIGOBANDATE has become the official performance since the Edo era, from the days of the Tokunaga regime, and have generally been classified into the groups below.
一番目物 (脇能物・神能) ICHIBANMEMONO (WAKINOHMONO/JINNOH) |
Mainly
the dramas in this category depicts wishes of peace in the society
and for the happiness of the people, or it narrates the performance
of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples by using God as a SHITE. It
is not very dramatic, but the dances and music are variegated. TAKASAGO / KAMO / ARASHIYAMA / CHIKUBUSHIMA / TSURUKAME / OIMATSU for example |
二番目物 (修羅能) NIBANMEMONO (SHURANOH) | The dramas in this category
shows and depicts the scene of carnage that people suffer from after
death often using the spirit (soul) of military commander Genpei as
the SHITE. It is a category ZEAMI established. Often shows and depicts
the beauty of “wreckage of the defeated ones”. KIYOTSUNE / ATSUMORI / YORIMASA / TAMURA / YASHIMA / OIMATSU for example |
三番目物 (鬘物・女物) SANBANMEMONO (KAZURAMONO/ONNAMONO) |
Dramas in this category are recollection
of a love story mostly using characters from literature of the dynasty
like “the tale of Genji” and “the tale of Ise”, using the graceful and
elegant soul of a woman as a SHITE. It is the typical category in Noh,
does not use exaggerated expressions, and takes us into a world of beauty
because it shows us the pursuit of subtleness and profoundness of beauty
in Noh. IZUTSU / NONOMIYA / EGUCHI / MATSUKAZE / HAGOROMO / YUYA / TEIKA for example |
四番目物 (雑能) YOBANMEMONO (ZATSUNOH) |
Various types of dramas belong in
this category like crazy and frantic types of Noh, ardor Noh, Chinese
(Tang) Noh and many more. Many popular songs are in this category too. SUMIDAGAWA / ASHIKARI / KANTAN / KAYOIKOMACHI / ATAKA / SHUNKAN for example |
五番目物 (切能・鬼能) GOBANMEMONO (KIRINOH/KINOH) |
Performed in dynamic dances and action
so it is easy for beginners to watch, and mainly uses inhumane characteristics
like demons, a long-nosed goblin, the God of the dragon for the SHITE. FUNABENKEI / MOMIJIGARI / ADACHIGAHARA / TSUCHIGUMO / ISHIBASHI for example |
