The play is divided into the first part, featuring a sorrowful parting between Yoshitsune and his lover Shizukagozen and the second part, focused on a dramatic scene in which the ghost of TAIRA no Tomomori harrows Yoshitsune and his retainers at sea.
前段は義経の愛人静御前と義経の哀切な別れ、後段では平知盛の霊が海上で義経主従を悩ます劇的な場面で構成されている。