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Had life gone on like that,
all would have been well.
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But it was not to be.
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When all is said and done,
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our lives are like houses
built on foundations of sand.
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One strong wind and all is gone.
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How my master's house
with its 498,000-koku domain
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was brought to ruin...
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I'm sure you already know
even better than I do myself.
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Owing to an unreasonable and one-sided
judgment by the Tokugawa shogunate
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regarding the repairs
being performed on Hiroshima Castle,
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in June of 1619,
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my master, Masanori Fukushima,
was ordered into exile at Kawanakajima,
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leaving his 12,000 retainers
without any means of livelihood...
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through no fault of their own.
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Jinnai!
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TO HANSHIRO TSUGUMO
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In view of our long-standing friendship,
I ask your indulgence in the following:
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The castle repairs commissioner,
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the Honorable Masakatsu Fukushima,