"  Let  Madame  Fuji-no-Kata  see  Lord  Atsumori's
head."

Sagami  received  the  head.  She  gave  one  glance
at  it,  and  inmiediately  became  speechless  with
consternation.  Puji-no-Kata  was  also  struck  dtmib
with  horror.  Sagami's  dismay  was  not  to  be  won-
dered at.  The  head  was  not  that  of  Atstunori,
but  of  her  own  son  KojirO.  Atsumori,  who  had
been  believed  to  have  been  killed,  was  alive,  while
KojirO  who  had  been  supposed  to  be  living  was
dead.      But  they  were    puzzled  to  know  how


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200  OLD  JAPANESE  DRAMAS

and  when  Naozan6  had  substituted  KojirO  for
Atsumori.
