恋の花笠

対象:一般向け ／ 時間:50〜60分

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追い返すな、見捨てるな。

暖簾より重いものがある。

Don’t drive them away. Don’t cast them aside.

Some things weigh more than a shop’s noren.

【あらすじ】

峠の茶屋で慎ましく暮らす母娘のもとへ、大店・越後屋の旦那と若旦那が通りかかる。若旦那は娘に一目惚れし、旦那は母の言い分も聞かず金と権勢で縁談を押し切ってしまう。

迎えた祝言当日——越後屋は一転、縁談を破談にし、母娘を追い返そうとする。呼び出された番頭・喜助は、拾われ育てられた恩を背負いながらも、暇を覚悟で主に立ち向かう。「人は体面や都合で量るものではない」と。

恋と商い、義理と情。峠に咲いた花が試すのは、越後屋の“心根”である。

At a mountain teahouse pass, a mother and daughter live quietly by their own hands. One day, the master and young heir of the wealthy Echigoya shop pass through. The young heir falls for the daughter at first sight, and the master forces a marriage arrangement through—using money and status, without hearing the mother’s side.

On the wedding day, Echigoya suddenly turns cold and tries to break the match and drive the mother and daughter away. Summoned to settle the matter, the head clerk Kisuke—raised and employed by Echigoya—steps forward. Even at the risk of losing everything, he confronts his master with a single conviction: people cannot be measured by appearances or convenience.

Love and commerce, obligation and compassion—what this flower at the pass truly tests is the “heart” of Echigoya itself.