In due course of time, the Yamaguchi family's castle was surrounded by their enemy, and under the order of Yasuhiro, her father-in-law, Okiku disguised herself as a peasant and escaped from the besieged castle with a secret letter to ask for reinforcement. |
やがて山口の城は敵軍に囲まれ、援軍を求めるため、お菊は舅の安弘の命令により、密書を持ち農夫の姿になり敵軍の包囲を脱出した。 |