A Case of Child Murder (“Eijigoroshi”)
Characters
- Keisuke Koyama. A Policeman, about 43 years old.
- Tsugi. His Daughter, about 18 years old.
- Asa Sugihara. A woman coolie, about 30 years old.
- A Ragman.
- The Errand Boy of a Wine Merchant.
- The Wife of a Neighbour.
Time
- The Season of Spring. Present Day.
Place
- A Suburb near the City of Tokyo.
Scene
A Police-station; used at the same time as the dwelling-place of the Resident Policeman. A sitting-room and kitchen directly adjoins the office. The kitchen has an entrance from the back in the form of a Japanese sliding door, the upper half being papered. Through the open shoji window at the side of the kitchen, branches, thickly clustered with pink cherry blossoms, are seen. It is evening.
Miss Tsugi, the daughter of the house, sits absent-