Therefore the Noh version of Izutsu has re-interpreted the story of Tsutsuizutsu as a story of a wife waiting for her beloved husband, and there are several waka (traditional Japanese poems) that have been added, expressing the bitterness and sense of loss related to waiting.
それゆえ能の井筒では筒井筒の物語を、愛する夫を待ち続ける物語として再解釈しており、待ち続ける辛さや喪失感を詠った和歌がいくつか追加されている。