Act 7 ( Ichiriki Brothel Scene): Okaru standing on the veranda of the brothel, having just taken a peek at the letter Yuranosuke was reading. When Yuranosuke asks what she's doing there, she responds, "You got me completely drunk. It was so painful I've been cooling myself in the breeze, trying to sober up." (Keene, 116).

Source: Kara Bunraku no Miryôku (Tankôsha, 1969) author: Yoshinaga Takao; photo: Mimura Kôichi