Satsuma-biwa music by Jinsui Kataoka (薩摩琵琶)

敦盛―Atsumori― Atsumori is at the point of escaping to a Taira boat when Naozane calls him back. They grapple. When Naozane sees that it is just a boy who he is about to behead, he hesitates since he has a son nearly the same age. Nevertheless, someone will certainly kill Atsumori if not him, so he takes his life and prays for Atsumori’s salvation. (from Japanese traditional, “Tales of Heike“) 元暦元年二月、一の谷の戦いに惨敗した平家方は須磨の浦から屋島に落ち延びようとしますが、一族の母衣大将･敦盛は、大切にしていた“青葉の笛“を置き忘Ӛ