In Monzaemon’s Love Suicides at Amijima, we see this journey of a tragic love affair. This play originally started out as being written for a puppet theatre. This play follows two lovers who are not able to be together due to so many reasons. Jihei is a married man who goes after a prostitute named Korahu. Jehei is so infatuated with wanting to be with Korahu, he starts to neglect his family by choosing to ignore them. Personally, from the very beginning of the play you can already tell that Jihei and Korahu love story is going to end bad with how things are and how different their lives are. One of the major themes is obviously love. Their affair is very love-driven and toxic because to them all that matters is the love they have for each
