Women in Madness

“Hanjo” and “Sumidagawa“ are mad-woman plays. The first one is written by Zeami and the second one is written by his son, Kanze Motomasa. In “Hanjo,” the heroine Hanago’s endless waiting for her lover, a courtier named Yoshida, reduces her to a state of insanity. In “Sumidagawa,” the heroine Hanago...

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