This is a tasteful scene in which Yuranosuke comes home in the morning, and this snow ball becomes the grave made of snow, which Yuranosuke shows to Honzo in the later part of this act in order to express his determination.
雪中の朝帰りという風情のあるもので、のちこの雪玉が後半部由良之助が本蔵に覚悟のほどを見せる雪製の墓になる。