There are also those who argue tenaciously that the bakufu deserted him because the distinguished Kira family was ordered to move to such an inconvenient place by the bakufu, or that the bakufu wanted the family to be attacked. |
名門の吉良家がこのような辺鄙な所への屋敷換えされたことで、幕府は吉良家を見捨てた、もしくは逆に討ち入りをさせたかったという説が根強くある。 |