Honzo, disguised as a komuso (begging Zen priest), appears saying, "I will give you the head of Honzo KAKOGAWA," makes derogatory comments on Yuranosuke and his son, and he squabbles with Oishi.
そこに「加古川本蔵の首進上申す」と、虚無僧に変装した本蔵が現れ、由良之助父子の悪態をついてお石と争いになる。