Onnagata

I interpret  "An onnagata is the child born of the illicit union between dream and reality" (p.298) as relating to the art of Kabuki and to the complexity of gender. According to the story, it appeared to me that the child was illicit because the dream and the reality are not supposed to intertwine in the art of Kabuki. Kabuki is a sacred ground for the passionate, ephemeral, beautiful emotions that are portrayed by its actors and the feminine Onnagata, who is far removed from the reality because for example, one does not see an Onnagata in the reality of Japanese society. Dream and reality are not supposed to mix, for when reality merges into the dream, the dream is no longer a dream. There is a feeling of sacredness in the beauty of the dream, which is a stage of kabuki. Kabuki would not be the same with reality, so the practice of the Onnagata in merging the two sexes in one person is illicit because the dream is the perfect feminine act but the actor may struggle with the reality of his masculinity. The dream is femininity and the reality is masculinity. They are not supposed to mix, thus the onnagata is an illicit union.
I like how abstract these ideas are because I can think of the illicitness as in the line between dream and reality, but it may also mean illicitness as in the sense of gender in the context that LGBTQ are not accepted. Furthermore, it can also be the mix of gender conflict and that of dream and reality. 

Discussion Question: At the end of the story, Masuyama develops jealousy as a result of disillusionment. What does this mean?