"The real beauty of the play is in Act Nine. Tonose wears a hirinzu (scarlet figured-satin), Konami wears a shiromuku (white kimono), Oishi wears a grey costume in the first half and a black costume in the latter half, Yuranosuke wears a brown kimono and a pair of black hakama with green bamboo patters, Honzo wears a brown komuso costume, Rikiya wears a kihachijo (high-quality yellow silk) in Tokyo and montsuki (formal dress with family crest) of two comma designs in Kamigata. Various colors are used and they make perfect sense."
「本当の美しさ、劇の美しさは九段目やね。…ここに出てくる人間が、まず戸無瀬が緋綸子、小浪が白無垢、お石が前半ねずみで後半が黒、由良之助は茶色の着付に黒の上で青竹の袴、…本蔵は渋い茶系の虚無僧姿、力弥は東京のは黄八丈で、上方だと紫の双ツ巴の紋付…みんなの衣装の取り合わせが、色彩的に行ってもこれほど理に叶ったものはないですわな」