TSUNEYO.
Indeed I have no reason to conceal it. Know then that Tsuneyo Genzayemon, Lord of Sano, is sunk to this!
PRIEST.
How came it, sir, that you fell to such misery?
TSUNEYO.
Thus it was: kinsmen usurped my lands, and so I became what I am.
PRIEST.
Why do you not go up to the Capital and lay your case before the Shikken’s court?
TSUNEYO.