When everyone thinks that Gekizaemon's side will lose, another judge Katsumoto HOSOKAWA (corresponds to Itakura Naizen no Kami [Head of Imperial Table Office]) appears and while paying his respect to Sozen, accuses Danjo's side of their disloyalty, ironically comparing them to a fox borrowing the tiger's might (that means a person acting arrogantly taking advantage of his powerful connections).
外記方の敗訴が決まるかというその時に、もう一人の裁き手である細川勝元（板倉内膳正に相当）が登場し、宗全を立てながらも弾正側の不忠を責め、虎の威を借る狐のたとえで一味を皮肉る。