(17)Oishi Kuranosuke and 46 retainers crossed the Eitai Bridge and proceeded to Sengakuji Temple. Terasaka Kichiemon who was ordered the leave for secret matters left his post. |
(18)The forty-six retainers without Terasaka Kichiemon arrived at the Sengakuji Temple at 10 o'clock. They placed Kira Kozukenosuke's decapitated head on the tomb of AsanoTakuminokami. |
(19)The Shogunate ordered the 46 retainers to commit hara-kiri in February 4,1703. |
(20)When Emperor Meiji went to Tokyo in the first
year of Meiji, Emperor Meiji dispatched his envoy to Sengakuji Temple and praised Oishi Kuranosuke and his followers as loyal retainers. The Oishi Shrine that was sacred to Oishi Kuranosuke and the others was built in Ako Castle,in 1900. |