The scene of 'Takesu' (literally means 'Sparrow and Bamboo') is so called because Omiwa is told by court ladies (who bully her) to sing Mago-uta (a kind of folk song sung by packhorse drivers) of 'Take ni Suzume no' (Sparrow and Bamboo) to be allowed to see Motome, and she dances with her right shoulder bared, the bottom left of her clothes folded, a cloth headband on her head, and a spool in her hands.
「竹雀」の由来は、お三輪が官女（いじめの官女）たちに、求女に会いたければ「竹に雀の」馬子歌を歌えと言われ、右肌を脱ぎ左の裾を端折り、手拭いの鉢巻に糸を巻くおだまきを持って踊ることに由来する。