I-bayashi

A performance format in which the main part of a Noh song is sung with a hayshi musical accompaniment. Perform the format that sitting and perform with crested and hakama (sometimes is kamishimo (an old’s samurai costumes)). The verses of performers other than Shite, such as Waki and Waki-tsure are sung by one Jiutai person and the ma kyougen is often omitted. Because of the simplified performance format with no standing movement, you can appreciate the charm of chanting and the hayashi. When Shite’s actions and dances are added to i-bayashi, it becomes “mai-hayashi”, and when performing through Noh songs in the form of a hayashi musical accompaniment, it is called “ban-hayashi”.