KUMASAKA Slowly the wound—

CHORUS —seemed to pierce; his heart failed; weakness o'ercame him.

KUMASAKA At the foot of this pine tree—

CHORUS He vanished like a dew.

And so saying, he disappeared among the shades of the pine tree at Akasaka, and night fell.


KAGEKIYO

A PLAY IN ONE ACT, BY MOTOKIYO

PERSONS OF THE PLAY