, at once
he called Onozo[u].

_Kikugoro[u]_--"Fool and low fellow."

_Onozo[u]_--"Why is it then you would strike a fool and low fellow with
a stick?"

_Kikugoro[u]_--"You are just like a fool. A little while ago when told
to be afraid of me, you would not say you were afraid."

_Onozo[u]_--"Patron, that is to be unreasonable. I attend you. Every day
I see you."

_Kikugoro[u]_--"I know you are not afraid. But you are the very one who
acts as my attendant. In public you are to look at me as one frightened
beyond measure. If this be not widely published, will not the theatre be
deserted? An actor who is good only at acting, he is not to be called a
clever man. He must draw people. Fool and low fellow!"

_Onozo[u]_--"Naruhodo! Since you say it--I'm afraid."

_Kikugoro[u]_--"Your answer now is to the purpose."

Hence on considering the matter, was not Kikugoro[u] in every way a
talented man? For the space of eighty days this theatre turned away
guests. Later, in Tempo[u] 7th year 7th month (12th August to 11th
September, 1836) again this drama was produced. The actor was the same
as at the previous production. On this occasion Kikugoro[u] took
thought. As it was the second time, it must be changed in presentation
to an audience. _Do[u]mo!_ There was the coming on of the ghost. It is
clad in a grey robe. If O'Iwa wears a grey robe, and the _wakato[u]_
Kohei wears a grey robe, both being the same to view this would fail to
interest. He continually worried. Nevertheless it would not do to wear
armour; and a ghost in _kami-shimo_[44] raises no chill. Some
contrivance must be hit upon. Day and night the matter worried him.
Habitue of the gallery of this Morita-za was a man named Tsutaya no
Yoshi, commonly known as Tsutayoshi. An extraordinarily dissolute fellow
he borrowed to the four sides and eight directions. At this time in the
Yoshiwara Sumicho[u] was a tenement placed in the rear of the prostitute
houses. He removed thither, and soothed his troubles by living alone.
His face washed in the morning, at once he ran forth. He ate his meals
at a cheap eating house. A varied meal consumed he made his way to the
Morita-za. Lunch was eaten in the theatre. On the return he took a drink
and then went home. In truth he was a lively fellow. The Yotsuya Kwaidan
had just been determined on for the close of the sixth month (July). At
sundown he returned to his home in the Yoshiwara. On the way he
drank--the strongest of liquor