Shoeini visits Kagero and urges her to get married with Ginnojo and write a letter to Katsumoto to ask him to attend the castle, in exchange for saving the hardship of her father.
蜻蛉のもとに正栄尼が訪れ、父の苦境を救う代わりに銀之丞と祝言を上げるよう、そして且元に登城を願う文を書けと迫る。