Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Shite

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Shite

シテ仕手
keywords: theater
related topics: Noh , Noh mask
related web sites: http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/ijiri/
explanation: Shite is playing not only the main role in Noh drama but also directs it. Shite forms a school along with his auxiliaries such as tsure (companion), kogata (child actor) and hayashi (chorus), while the secondary role, waki, forms another school. Shite appears on the stage with a noh mask while tsure, not. There are 5 schools of shite (shitegata), i.e. Kanze, Hosho, Konparu, Kongo and Kita.