Inabadô (The Drunken Wife)

A Man has just divorced his Wife because she is not only ill-tempered and
doesn't do any of the housework, but is also an incurable drunkard. He had
tried to divorce her before, but couldn't get her to leave. Finally she went
to visit her parents, and he took the opportunity to send a letter after her
declaring divorce. Now that he has gotten rid of her, he goes to the Inabado
Temple to pray for a new wife.

In the meantime, the Wife has received the letter and heard about his new
plan. She goes to the temple in a rage and finds him sleeping there in the
hopes of an oracular revelation from the Inabado Temple deity. She pretends
to be a messenger of the deity appearing to him in a dream, and tells him
that he will find his new wife on the steps of the Western Gate.

Overjoyed, the Man goes to the Western Gate and finds a woman there as
promised, but she is holding her robe over her head so he cannot see her
face. He takes her hand and starts towards home. On the way he explains the
situation to her, telling her all the bad points of his previous wife and
asks her to be a better wife. She seems to agree.

They get home, and he asks her to take off the robe covering her head. She
refuses, so he suggests that she is probably shy, and perhaps they should
have a drink first. She happily agrees to this and once she starts drinking,
she continues to ask for more and more. He finally gets her to stop and
again asks her to unveil herself. She still refuses, so he takes the robe
away himself. He is surprised to find his old wife. She is furious, and
chases him off scolding at the top of her lungs.

(Synopsis modified from Don Kenny's Guide to Kyôgen)