However, just before the ceremony, Asano Takumi no Kami, the head of entertainment for Imperial envoy, tried to cut Kozukenosuke Suke KIRA down with a sword in the matsu no roka (the hallway of pines) in Edo-jo Castle. |
しかしこの儀式が始まる直前、江戸城松之大廊下において勅使接待役にある浅野内匠頭が吉良上野介に対して刃傷におよんだ。 |