:08:01
Did you happen to know
a man named Motome Chijiiwa?
:08:06
Chijiiwa?
:08:08
Yes.
:08:12
Hmm...
:08:14
You don't recognize the name?
:08:17
I'm quite certain he said
he'd served the former Lord Fukushima.
:08:21
In its prosperous days,
the clan's retainers
:08:25
numbered some 12,000 men.
:08:29
One could hardly know them all.
:08:32
I see.
:08:34
But never mind that.
:08:36
Earlier this year,
perhaps around the end of January,
:08:41
this ronin named Motome Chijiiwa
came calling,
:08:46
and the purpose of his visit
was the same as yours.
:08:49
He requested the use of our forecourt
to dispatch himself with honor.
:08:55
Is that right?
:09:03
Would you like me to tell you
what happened in that case?
:09:09
I would indeed.
:09:11
You say you were a retainer
of the former Fukushima Clan in Hiroshima?
:09:17
That is correct.
:09:18
I served the former
Lord Masanori Fukushima of Hiroshima.
:09:22
My name is Motome Chijiiwa.
:09:26
What is the nature of your visit?
:09:29
After the fall of my master's house,
:09:31
I moved here to Edo
and found shelter in a back-alley tenement.
:09:36
While eking out a meager living,
:09:39
I sought connections
for employment with a new master.
:09:44
But try as I might,
we live in times of peace...
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and my every effort has been in vain.