The story is set at the Ataka Barrier (now Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture) in Kaga Province, where MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and his company, on the run after having provoked the wrath of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, are passing through on their way to Mutsu Province via the Hokuriku District. |
源頼朝の怒りを買った源義経一行が、北陸地方を通って陸奥国へ逃げる際の加賀国の、安宅の関(石川県小松市)での物語。 |