Benkei takes up a scroll he had with him by chance, and, pretending it is a real kanjincho, he "reads" it aloud sonorously (the Scene of Reading Kanjincho Aloud).
弁慶はたまたま持っていた巻物を勧進帳であるかのように装い、朗々と読み上げる（勧進帳読上げ）。