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| （９）Kanzaki Yogoro was invented by Usigoro,a pack-horse
man at chamise,a tea-booth in Hakone. He thought that to sit down on the ground Ushigoro and write an apology was a small sacrifice to make in such a senous situation. |
（１０）Okano Kin-emon who was a young and handsome retainer of Asano Takuminokami fell in love with Tuya, a daughter of the master-carpenter who drew the design of Kira's mansion. He received the desgin from her. |
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| （１１）In the morning of the raid on Kira's mansion,Oishi Kuranosuke visited Yozeiin,the wife of Asano Takuminokami. But he told her a lie the said that he was worning for a feudal lord to cheat Kira and Uesugi's spy. |
（１２）The day before the raid on Kira's mansion,Akabane Genzo visited his elder brother's home. As his elder brother was absent ,he who borrowed his elder brother's haori, Japanese coat from his elder brother's wife drunk together with his haori and then said good-bye to his elder brother. |
