『日本振袖始』
出雲国を流れる簸の川(ひのかわ)の川上。昼でも暗い山奥には，八つの頭をもつ大蛇・八岐大蛇(やまたのおろち)が棲んでいました。村人はその祟（たたり）を恐れ，毎年一人ずつ美しい娘を生贄（いけにえ）に差し出しています。今年の生贄は，長者の娘・稲田姫（いなだひめ）。稲田姫が悲しんでいるところへ，美女を憎む岩長姫（いわながひめ）が現れます。その正体こそ八岐大蛇で，以前には，素戔嗚尊から十握（とつか）の宝剣（ほうけん）を奪って体内に飲み込んでいました。稲田姫を襲おうとした岩長姫は，ふと酒の香りに気付くと八つの甕かめに入っていた酒を次々に飲み干し，ついに稲田姫を飲み込みます。そこに，稲田姫の恋人・素戔嗚尊が，稲田姫と十握の宝剣を取り返すため駆け付けます。実は岩長姫が飲んだ甕の酒は毒酒で，大蛇を退治するために素戔嗚尊が仕込んだものでした。毒酒に酔った岩長姫は大蛇の本性を顕あらわし，素戔嗚尊と激しく戦います。
"Nihon Furisode Hajime"
The drama is set in the upper reaches of the Hinokawa River that runs through the province of lzumo (now Shimane Prefecture). Deep in the mountains where it is dark even in the daytime settled in Yamata no Orochi (a gigantic eight-headed serpent).
For fear of the horrible curse of the monster serpent befalling them, villagers offered a beautiful woman as a sacrifice every year. Now, Princess lnada is sunken in grief at the upper reaches of the river, waiting to be offered as the latest scapegoat. Then comes Princess Iwanaga who hates beautiful women. In fact, she is an incarnation of Yamata no Orochi. Attempting to attack Princess lnada, Princess lwanaga suddenly notices the smell of sake (liquor). She empties eight sake jugs one after another. and eventually swallows Princess lnada.
Then, Princess lnada's sweetheart Susanou no Mikoto rushes to save the princess and get back the totsuka no hoken (a sacred sword) that was once storen by Yamata no Orochi. What Princess lwanaga actually consumed was poisoned sake that had been prepared by Susanoo no Mikoto. Drunk on sake, Princess lwanaga shows her true nature as that of the monster serpent and fights a fierce battle against Susanoo no Mikoto.
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