Around the same time, he chastised a group of three tsujikiri (killing in the street to test a new sword) who appeared in the neighborhood of Shiba, and mediated between samurai of Aizu and Higo, who fought with real swords because the tip of a sheath hit the samurai. |
同じころ、芝近辺に出没する三人組の辻斬りを懲らしめたり、刀のこじりが当たったことが原因で真剣勝負の決闘に及んだ会津、肥後の侍を調停したりしている。 |