In the reign of the Emperor Murakami, Akuemon ISHIKAWA in Kawachi Province, following the divination by his brother, Doman ASHIYA, to cure his ailing wife, goes to Shinoda forest of Izumi County in Izumi Province (present Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture) and tries to get a fresh liver of a wild fox.
村上天皇の時代、河内国のひと石川悪右衛門は妻の病気をなおすため、兄の蘆屋道満の占いによって、和泉国和泉郡の信太村の森（現在の大阪府和泉市）に行き、野キツネの生き肝を得ようとする。