After the announcement to the spectators, the actor, with a humble attitude, calls to the Katobushi chorus who are behind the black bamboo curtain set up at the right of the stage from the spectators' viewpoint especially for the play, 'Please start' using the most polite expressions.
一通り客への挨拶を終えた後、役者は舞台上手に特設された黒御簾の中の河東節連中に向かって、ひれ伏すような低姿勢で「それでは河東節御連中様、なにとぞお始め下されましょう」と最大の敬語表現で呼びかける。