Soprano Hiroko Onuki played Tsu, an injured
crane who is saved by the farmer Yohyo,
acted by tenor Naoki Tokorodani. Tsu transforms herself into a human
secretly and becomes Yohyo’s wife. She weaves a beautiful cloth from her
feathers for him.
Baritone Masanobu Shibayama played Sodo, a
greedy villager. He persuades Yohyo to let Tsu weave more luxurious cloth in
order to make a fortune. Tsu accepts Yohyo’s wish, on condition that Yohyo
never visits her while she weaves.
However,
tempted by villagers peeping into Tsu’s weaving place, Yohyo also goes to look,
and he finds there a crane. Tsu, knowing Yohyo breaks his promise, leaves him
and tranforms back into a crane.
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