Goemon Ichiya Gokuin Kamairi Ato Fuchise No Kumonotake Hokori Monogatari

Inspired by Namiki Sosuke's "Kamagafuchi Futatsudomoe" (1737)

Annotated by Kuroki Kanzo

Excerpts from the actual script

The bearded slave comes running, out of breath."
"What is invisible is the turnip-tipped arrow."
"If it's a turnip, I thought it might be a radish."
"A single arrow flies towards us, seemingly from nowhere."
"It stands tall on the branches of the small pine."

"Your heart is grieved that you cannot see it."
I like it.
"Though I too was born into a military family,
however, from all directions.
Long ago, Yoshitsune was in Yashima."

He dropped his bow into the waves..."

"In China, a gentle name is given to it: Shiranami (white waves).
Although the Chinese pronunciation is different, it is a mouse in a different country."

"The secret of my life has come a long way.
I have no courage to go to the capital."

Three miles into the night, at dawn.
The wisteria forest in Fushimi village.

We have arrived at the highway."

The pain of seeing the love and kindness of my younger sister is unbearable.
Now is the time when my wish will not be fulfilled.
A loud neighing echoes.

Now, bound by the bonds of a serious crime,
I will leave this place so as not to expose my shame.

If you commit evil, commit it without fail.
Whether you step into the cauldron or the fire.
How dare you point fingers at your kind, with whom you have no lingering attachment.
Unexpectedly
Unexpectedly

"Kashima stands in the dark underworld.
Towards the east of Nijo-Omiya.
A crowd gathers on the road being towed.

...The long shaft is made of split hishigi bamboo.
And just like that, the drawn spear, glittering with its power,
is also from this world.

The oil torture of the cauldron.
The hell of hell is retribution in this world.
The oil in the cauldron rises.
The fragrance rises.

Even Touma, as expected, turns his face away.
Help me, please.
Just as I said that, my eyes No more

The remains of the boiling pot become a deep pool.
Shichijogawara is named after it.
Shichijogawara is named after it.
The boiler is a deep pool and a rapids.
The boiler is a deep pool and a rapids.

If you do evil, you will persevere in your evil deeds.
Whether you enter the boiler or the fire.
To point at a fellow warrior who has no lingering attachment to you.
I never expected
...the long handle of the split bamboo is made of hishigi wood.
And like a glittering rebuke,
The drawn spear is also from this world.

Handed down to this day. The Tale of the Bamboo of the Clouds
Handed down to this day. The Tale of the Bamboo of the Clouds