The cocks are crowing. A whiteness glimmers over the night.
He has hidden under the shadow of the pine-trees of Akasaka;
(KUMASAKA hides his face with his left sleeve.)
Under the shadow of the pine-trees he has hidden himself away.
EBOSHI-ORI
By MIYAMASU (sixteenth century?)
PERSONS
- KICHIJI }
- HIS BROTHER KICHIROKU } Gold-merchants.
- USHIWAKA.
- HATMAKER.
- INNKEEPER.
- BRIGANDS.
- MESSENGER.
- HATMAKER’S WIFE.
- KUMASAKA.
- CHORUS.
KICHIJI.
We as travellers dressed—
Our weary feet upon the Eastern road
For many days must speed.