Shikan Nakamura VII

This Sewamono, written by Kawatake Mokuami, is commonly called "Kamiyui shinza" from the name of its hero. Shinza has enticed Chushichi, the Shirakoya clerk, to aid him in kidnapping Okuma, daughter of the Shirakoya's owner. Shinza sent back Yatagoro Genshichi, the gang leader who came to negotiate with him, but the landlord Chobe who comes to see Shinza is more than Shinza can cope with, and Shinza decides to release Okuma in exchange for 30 ryo in cash. But Chobe talks Shinza down and cheats him out of 15 ryo and half of a large bonito. Later, Genshichi ambushes Shinza and kills him to avenge the humiliation he suffered because of Shinza. Usually this work is performed from the 'Shirakoya misesaki' scene in which Shinza persuades Chushichi to join his plot, to the 'Fukagawa emmadobashi' scene in which Genshichi takes his revenge on Shinza.

鎌倉幕府初代将軍頼朝の三回忌。若武者畠山重保が大きな秘密を抱えていると知った頼朝の子頼家は、それが父の死に関わることだと確信し、激しく重保を詰問する。しかし、その秘密は将軍家の存続のために決して明かされてはならないものであった。少女小周防を巻き込み、頼家の苦悩は深まる。