In front of the gate of Taga-myojin Shrine, a tool merchant Yohei and his wife Okame are in trouble and are helped by Magoshichi, a Toiya-ninsoku (laborer for administration officers of inn town).
明神鳥居前では道具屋与兵衛と女房お亀の難儀を問屋人足孫七が助ける。