山の輿

対象:一般向け ／ 時間:60〜70分

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姿形で量るな、心で抱け。

山を越えた女の覚悟が、家の灯を変える。

Don’t measure her by looks—embrace her by heart.

A woman’s resolve, forged over mountain paths, changes the light of a home.

【あらすじ】

とある山。

材木問屋・尾張屋の女将と若旦那清三郎が山を分け入ると、見知らぬ小屋が建ち、そこに暮らすのは前科を抱えた男・テツと妹おちょこ。

縁談を断り続ける清三郎が「大きなお尻の女が好き」と漏らしたその矢先、まるで芝居のように“理想の後ろ姿”が現れ、話は思わぬ方向へ転がっていく。

しかし祝言の日が近づくほど、尾張屋側の不安は膨らむ。家柄、噂、そして見た目——「釣り合い」という言葉が、人の心を曇らせる。女将と番頭は、相手から縁談を断らせようと二つの“芝居”を仕掛けるが、そこで露わになるのは、おちょこの揺るがぬ覚悟と、胸に秘めた年月の重さだった。

姿形か、心か。家の体面か、家族の温もりか。山を越えて背負ってきたものがある者ほど、言葉は真っ直ぐ刺さる。

最後に試されるのは、誰の度胸でもなく——人を人として見る目である。

On a certain mountain.

the proprietress of the timber wholesaler Owariya and the young master Seizaburō climb into their own hills—only to find a strange hut standing on their land. Living there are Tetsu, a man with a criminal past, and his sister Ochoko. Seizaburō has rejected every marriage proposal brought to him, but when he shyly admits he has a “type,” fate—almost like a staged scene—seems to place the perfect figure right before his eyes, and the match takes an unexpected turn.

Yet as the wedding day draws near, anxiety swells on Owariya’s side: pedigree, reputation, and appearance—those poisonous measures of “being a good fit.” Hoping the other party will withdraw, the proprietress and the head clerk devise two elaborate “performances.” But what their schemes expose instead is Ochoko’s unshakable resolve—and the weight of years she has carried in silence.

Is a person judged by looks, or by heart? By the face a household shows the world, or by the warmth it can offer within? Those who have carried the heaviest loads over the steepest paths speak with the straightest truth.

In the end, what is tested is not courage alone, but the ability to see another human being as human.