East: the Blue Dragon rises up to be a quarter moon West: the White Tiger pours me its welling blood South: the Red Bird sings as I shout out my name North: the Black Turtle gives me a ride to tomorrow
It's different from Akutagawa's story. It is about the history of Rajomon and Heiankyo. Rashomon was the main gate of Heian-kyo (the ancient capital of Japan in current Kyoto) on the Suzaku-oji Street. The lyrics are Mr. Wajima's interpretation.