Closing Night



Closing Night was a play written by Hiruma Nabuko which depicted the anguish of a Hiruma family haunted by the Lost father.

Family
Hiruma Tomono was married to a bushi, who returned home after his unit was defeated and he had joined the Lost. Tomono's husband was not allowed to enter home despite he claimed the Crab had won the battle. An eight year old daughter, Hiruma Nichiko, did not fully understand what was happening, only wishing to meet her returning father. The elder children, Hiruma Isoko, a boy who still had not passed his gempukku, barely held a naginata to pincer the undead if he could manage to enter the house. The scene was scary and disturbing.