Meanwhile, the radical faction in Edo, including Yasube HORIBE, which had prioritized the decapitation of Kozukenosuke KIRA over family restoration repeatedly sent letters to OISHI requesting that he relocates to Edo. |
しかし、お家再興よりも吉良上野介の首を挙げることを優先する堀部安兵衛ら江戸急進派は、この間も大石に江戸下向を促す書状を再三にわたり送り付けている。 |