| However, as expected it failed to persuade the Edo radicals led by Yasubei HORIBE, and he decided to come down to Kyoto in June to settle the matter with Oishi as they began searching for a way to have Soemon HARA as a leader instead of Kuranosuke to carry out the revenge. |
しかし案の上安兵衛ら江戸急進派は決定に納得せず、内蔵助をはずして代わりに原惣右衛門を大将にして独自に決起することを模索しつつ、6月には内蔵助との最後の調整のため堀部安兵衛が自ら京都へ乗り込んでくることとなった。 |