Wig - Kazuramono

Japanese: 鬘物 - かずらもの

A classification of Noh plays. It is called a female play, named after the shite, who wears a wig, and is also called a third play, since it is the third play performed in a formal five-part Noh play. Of these, those that are performed only as the third play are called honsanbanmono. These plays have a mysterious and elegant charm, and include "Tohoku," "Izutsu," "Eguchi," "Nonomiya," "Teika," "Matsukaze," "Genjikuyo," "Yang Guifei," "Kumano," "Senju," "Isurugi," "Basho," "Kocho," and "Yuki." Among the wig plays, "Sekiji Komachi," "Obasute," and "Higaki" are particularly known as old women plays. "Unrin-in," "Oshio," "Saigyo-zakura," and "Yugyoyanagi" are also performed as fourth plays, so they are treated as semi-wig plays. Note that mad women plays are fourth plays, and are not treated as wig plays even if they wear wigs.

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Japanese:

能の曲の分類の一つ。シテが女性でかつらをつけるところからの称で，女物ともいい，また正式五番立能では3番目に演じられたところから三番目物ともいわれる。このうち特に3番目だけに限られて上演されるものを本三番目物という。幽玄優美の曲趣で，『東北』『井筒』『江口』『野宮』『定家』『松風』『源氏供養』『楊貴妃』『熊野』『千手』『杜若』『芭蕉』『胡蝶』『雪』などがある。鬘物でも『関寺小町』『姨捨』『檜垣』は特に老女物といわれる。『雲林院』『小塩』『西行桜』『遊行柳』は，四番目物としても演じられるので準鬘物としての扱いを受ける。なお，狂女物は四番目物であり，かつらをつけても鬘物としては扱わない。

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