Preparing to enter the sea a thousand fathoms deep my eyes how can
they see this.
KAGEKIYO: I cry out and crush my own eyes, my own eyes I. ...
Crush.
The children are silent and still. They are looking at Kagekiyo’s eyes.
Kagekiyo forces himself to be calm.
KAGEKIYO: Well then, the story of a brave war. . . .At the Yumi river in
Yashima, the reverse oar, the fan target.
The children look bored. Once more they frolic and dance.
Snow streams down hail streams down.
CHILDREN: The boat’s come, the boat’s come!
The children scatter in the direction of the boat, which is not visible.
It falls and it falls and still it falls how I wish it would clear how I wish it
would clear.
Kagekiyo walks off, holding the biwa to his chest. Two boat-women pass
him. It is clear from their expressions that they are waiting for customers.
The fish climb the wind blows striking the bucket-drum striking the
bucket-drum.
Two travelers come from the boat and tease the boatwomen.
SECOND CUSTOMER: I’ve heard that if one passes by Tomo offshore
the cypress-wood fans beckon. . .
FIRST BOAT-WOMAN: Tomo’s most famous product— boat-women. .
. .
FIRST CUSTOMER: Those cypress-wood fans. . . .
FIRST BOAT-WOMAN: Adorn the cabins on the boats. . . .
