At that time, Jihe's aunt and Magoemon who heard the rumor of Koharu's miuke (redeem, buy the freedom of a geisha from her employer) came to KAMIYA to question Jihe.
その時治兵衛の叔母と孫右衛門が小春の身請けの噂を聞いて治兵衛に尋問しに紙屋へやって来た。