Seeing the note Shizaburo left behind by Otsuyu, the wife at Nobanaya, Omiyo knows the truth for the first time,and writes a letter for apology to Shinsuke.
おみよは野花屋の女房お露から新三郎の書置きを見せられはじめて事の真相を知り、新助に詫びの手紙を書く。