Essay about Chushingura Chushingura

The remainder of the play, almost entirely fictionalized, follows the ronin during the months leading up to the completion of their vendetta. Kampei is living in the countryside with his fiancee, Okaru, and her parents. Because of his previous dereliction of duty, the other ronin are uncertain that he is qualified to join in their vendetta. Nevertheless, they allow him to contribute money for a memorial tablet. In order to help their future son-in-law redeem himself, Okaru's parents sell her to a brothel without his knowledge in order to raise the necessary funds. In a complicated plot twist, Okaru's father, Yoichibei, is robbed and murdered on his way home. Kampei, out hunting in the rain, accidentally shoots the robber, mistaking him for a wild boar he had wounded earlier. While searching in the dark for his game, Kampei is stunned when he finds the body of a man instead. Nevertheless, he keeps a small purse of gold that he finds on the corpse.