It starts, typically for a Kyogen play in which most of the characters are killed, with a villain Takuro SEKIGUCHI who kills a guard and steals the family heirloom, an incense burner that dates from the Reiki period.
登場人物の多くが殺される狂言にふさわしく、幕明きから悪人関口多九郎が番人を殺しお家の重宝霊亀の香炉を盗む。