 Based on a medieval French farce, this play became the first new "kyōgen" to enter the traditional repertoire in a century.Takechi saw in "kyōgen" a more direct link to a native Japanese folk theatrical tradition, and through the "kyōgen" wanted to link these folk traditions with the modern theater.As a Western analogy of his intentions, Takechi pointed to the works of Ibsen and Tennessee Williams which had their roots in the classical theater of Racine, Molière and Shakespeare.