The program is a story of KAJIWARA, who, secretly feeling sympahy for Genji (Minamoto clan) when the Taira family was at the height of its prosperity, obtained from a grinder and his son a celebrated sword related to Genji and looked forward to the future rising of Genji, and the main highlights of the program are the scene of Goro MATANO, a samurai belonging to the Taira family, who tries to buy the sword but is given a cold reception, the scene of judgement of the sword, and that of cutting someone with the sword by way of experiment.
筋は、平家全盛の世にひそかに源氏に心を寄せる梶原が研師の親子から源氏ゆかりの名刀を手に入れ、後日の挙兵を心待ちにするというもので、刀を買おうとする平家方の侍俣野五郎をあしらう様や刀の目利き、試し切りなどが主な為所となる。