Essay about Chushingura Chushingura

At Yoichibei's house the next morning, the family anxiously awaits his return. The mistress of the brothel has arrived with the other half of the money to be paid to Okaru, and is surprised to find Yoichibei away. She insists that Okaru accompany her, but as they are leaving, Kampei arrives. The brothel mistress relates the whole story of the transaction, even describing the purse in which she gave Yoichibei half of the money. She then shows him a purse which she says is made of the same material. Kampei surreptitiously looks at the purse he removed from the corpse and, thinking that he has killed his fiancee's father, accedes to the brothel's mistress' demands. Two hunters arrive with Yoichibei's body, and Kampei commits seppuku. Before he dies, however, two ronin arrive and he relates the story of his shot in the dark. One of the ronin, impressed by his loyalty, allow him to join the conspiracy on his death bed.