I liken myself to a dragon that comes to life in water when I come to life as my enemies increase. My name is well-known from the guest hall of Senso-ji Temple to Ryusen-ji Temple, in the eight-hundred-and-eight districts in Edo, anybody knows me for my peonie-crest-adorned kimono I wear under the cherry blossoms of Nakanocho, they call this youth Sukeroku in Hanakawado or Agemaki's Sukeroku, bow before this face!'
「相手がふえれば「竜に水」、浅草寺の客殿から瀧泉寺まで御存じの、大江戸八百八町に隠れのねえ、杏葉牡丹の紋付も、サクラに匂う仲ノ町、花川戸の助六とも、また揚巻の助六ともいう若え者、間近く寄って面相拝み奉れ！」