In the diary he commented on the Genroku Ako Incident taking place in 1701, such that it was pitiable ("Fubin, fubin" in Japanese) that Naganori ASANO had been forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment) which had resulted in extinction of his whole household. 元禄14年(1701年)に起こった元禄赤穂事件についても記しており、浅野長矩が切腹のうえ一家滅亡することについて基雅は「不便々々(ふびんふびん)」と述べている。 |