The stage that is used to perform
Noh Theater. This stage is quite different than the stage used in western theatre.
The stage looks like:
(You'll have to match the numbers... I suck at ASCII Art)
| 1 |
15 9|--8--|
10| 2 |
11| |
--------7-------
|3 | 4 |
16| 12 | |
| | 5
|6 14| ---|
------------| 13
Legend:
- Kagami-no-ma
- Hashigakari
- Metsuke-bashira
- Ato-za
- Kagamiita
- Waki-bashira
- Shite-bashira
- Agemaku
- San no Matsu
- Ni no Matsu
- Ichi no Matsu
- Butai
- Kirido
- Fue-bashira
The audience would sit in the areas denoted by 15 & 16. The
Shite enters and exits at
8, and all of the main action takes place on
12.