The contents is that Kiyohime, a girl who loved Anchin, a priest, was betrayed, and she got so angry that she changed into a snake, burning Anchin to death together with a bell at Dojo-ji Temple.
思いを寄せた僧・安珍に裏切られた少女・清姫が激怒のあまりヘビ身に変化し、道成寺で鐘ごと安珍を焼き殺すことを内容としている。