It is a Shiranami-mono (stage works with thieves and lowlifes) in which three robbers (Ojo Kichisa, Osho Kichisa and Obo Kichisa) kill each other by punitive justice regarding the one hundred ryo (currency unit) of money and a short sword 'Koshinmaru.'
お嬢吉三、和尚吉三、お坊吉三の3人の盗賊が、百両の金と短刀「庚申丸」をめぐる因果応報で差し違えて死ぬまでを描いた白浪物である。