Two different representations of the Dojoji woman's character by means of costume. In the earliest version of the story, the priest spends the night in the home of a young widow, who is overcome with lust for him. She comes on to him in the middle of the night, but he puts her off, telling her that he has to stay celibate for his pilgrimage to Kumano, but that he will come back to her afterwards. In a later version of the story (the version given in the translation of the play we have read) each year, on his way to Kumano, the priest stays in the home of lay follower and it is this man's young daughter who becomes obsessed with the priest, hoping that he will marry her. The actor performing as the serpent woman can choose either of these back stories, and will adjust his costume to fit his choice.

The woman on the right wears a bright orange/red upper robe and a young woman's mask, indicating that the actor is playing her as a young maiden, overwhelmed with passionate love. The woman on the left wears a more somber upper robe and the mask is of a somewhat older woman (twenties-thirties) who is filled with bitter resentment. Note that both still wear the inner robe decorated with the triangle-serpent pattern (indicating her true serpent nature), and the lower robe decorated with "karmic" circles (indicating her entrapment in the karma of passion).