kichiemon

Updated: July 28, 2026

The day was ultimately carried by the advocates of stern justice, and the forty-seven ronins were ordered to commit suicide. They obeyed without a murmur. One of them, Terasaka Kichiemon by name, had been sent to carry the news to Ako immediately after the perpetration of the deed of vengeance.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era