Kamo Monogurui

賀茂物狂 The Madwoman of Kamo

1 Source and/or Related Material

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2 Author

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3 Repertoire

Hōshō, Kongō, Kita

4 Synopsis

A man (waki) returns to Kyoto from the eastern provinces for the first time in three years. He goes to the Kamo Festival and encounters a mad (i.e. homeless) woman (shite), who turns out to be his wife. Not recognizing her, he urges her to perform a dance as an offering to the god. She performs a song and dance telling of her days searching for her husband and yearning to see him. At last, they each recognize each other, but in order to avoid making a scene, they leave separately and hurry off to reunite at their old home.