In О̄ei 9 [1412] (as memories are inexact, the precise year will have to be ascertained), in the eleventh month, the Master of Tachibana Storehouse, which is located at the road by the Hōshō Temple near the Inari Shrine in Kyoto fell gravely ill from a wound and was on the point of death. A woman at the shop suddenly became possessed by the spirit of the Inari Shrine. The spirit spoke through the woman, saying that if the Kanze troupe would give a nō performance, the master would recuperate. Zeami therefore performed before the Inari Shrine. The woman who was possessed spoke as follows. "It would be well to perform ten plays. The first three will be watched by the goddess Amateratsu, the second three by the god of Kasuga, the next three by the god of Yahata, and the last by me, the god of Inari." Accordingly, ten plays were performed. When Zeami went to pay his respects to the Tachibana family, they called from inside the house, "Zeami is coming!" asked him in, then presented him with a quantity of red silk. The material is still in the possession of our family.
Rimer and Yamazaki, On the Art of the Nō Drama, pages 241-42.