While the monk is performing a Buddhist rite for Narihira and his wife, a village woman (actually the spirit of Narihira's wife) appears accompanied by a shidai (musical accompaniment performed by the hayashi [musical ensemble] used for the entrance of characters) and offers flowers and water to Narihira's barrow.
僧が業平夫婦を弔っていると、次第の囃子に乗り、里の女(実は業平の妻の霊)が現れ、業平の古塚に花水を手向ける。