 Fuji and, as a marriage procession passes by, Konami watches enviously, thinking that in better times she herself would have ridden in just such a grand palanquin.Tonase encourages her daughter, telling her of the happiness to come once she is wed.

Act IX, Yamashina kankyo no ba ("The Retreat at Yamashina")

Set in the depths of winter, Kakogawa Honzō's wife Tonase, and daughter Konami, arrive at Yuranosuke's home in Yamashina near Kyoto.Yuranosuke's wife is adamant that after all that has happened there can be no possibility of marriage between Konami and Rikiya.