 His chief retainer, Kakogawa Honzō, admonishes the servants for gossiping about the humiliation of their master by Moronō at the previous day's ceremony at the Tsurugaoka shrine.Even Honzō's wife, Tonase, and daughter, Konami, speak of it.Ōboshi Rikiya, Konami's betrothed and the son of En'ya Hangan's chief retainer, Ōboshi Yuranosuke, arrives with a message that Moronō has commanded that both Hangan and Wakasanosuke appear at the palace by four in the morning in order to prepare the ceremonies for the "shōgun"s younger brother whom they are to entertain.