At Kyogen kuchiake (showing first the details of characters and circumstances in Kyogen play), Ai (the role of a kyogen actor in Noh) quickly explains the origin of the name, Hanjo, and her love with Yoshida no Shosho.
狂言口開でアイによって班女の名の由来と、吉田の少将との恋がてきぱきと説明される。