Gloating Giheiji held the sword and issued a challenge, 'Listen, a father-in-law is a father and if you kill a father, you'll be dragged by an Isshaku (about thirty centimeters) bamboo saw as if cutting down Issun (about three centimeters), you'll be hanging upside down from a Sanjaku (about ninety centimeters) tree if cutting down Sanzun (about nine centimeters), so, cut me down, with this'.
義平次は図に乗り、「これよく聞け、舅は親じゃぞよ、親を切ればな、一寸切れば一尺の竹鋸で引き回し、三寸切れば三尺高い木の空で、逆磔じゃぞよ、さあ切れ、これで切れ」と刀をつかんで挑発する。