A monk journeying from Kyoto with his retainers passes by Yashima Bay in Sanuki Province and decides to ask if he can stay for one night at a cottage where salt is made in pans.
都の僧が旅の途中讃岐屋島の浦をとおりかかり、塩屋（塩を焼く海人の家）に一夜の宿をさだめようとする。