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(1)Ako Castle (Ako City,Hyogo) These are Ema which hanging in Oishi Shrine. |
(2)Asano Takuminokami (the feudal lord of Ako Castle)
slashed Kira Kozukenosuke with sword in Edo Castle (the castle of Shougn) on March 14,1701. |
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(3) The Shogunate ordered Asano Takuminokami to commit ritual suicide hara-kiri in Tamura Ukyodayu's premises. But the Shogunate conveyed Kira Kozukenosuke to take care of Kira's health in disregard of their rule. |
(4)The expressed palanquin conveys theaffair of bloodshed and Asano Takuminokami's hara-kiri,the attainder to Oishi Kuranosuke in Ako. |