Description
As monks chant by the side of a river, a vision of the famous courtesan Eguchi appears on the water before them. Eguchi and two young women stand in the gorgeous attire of courtesans within a framework barge that represents a floating brothel. It is revealed to the monks, through song and dance, that Eguchi is in fact an incarnation of a Buddhist deity, the Bodhisattva Fugen. Eguchi extols Buddhist virtues:
Once man has attained detachment,
The fleeting world exists no more;
Lovers no longer
Are anxiously waited for when night falls;
No more the grief of parting.
Spring flowers and autumn leaves,
Moon and snow-all cease to move him.
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