:59:14
Now, where was I?
:59:21
Oh, yes.
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My master's house fell
:59:27
and Jinnai Chijiiwa died,
:59:30
but before doing so,
:59:33
he asked me to look after Motome.
:59:42
When my master's house fell...
:59:46
we immediately left the domain
and moved to Edo.
:59:51
The streets of Edo
were crowded with ronin,
:59:54
flotsam from the Battle of Sekigahara.
:59:58
In former times,
1:00:00
other clans would have gladly taken in
any ronin who'd earned a name for himself.
1:00:06
But in an era no longer in need
of warriors or horses,
1:00:09
so peaceful that no wind
even rustled the leaves on the trees,
1:00:14
it was a constant struggle
simply to find a meal.
1:00:18
Indeed, it shames me to recall
1:00:21
our miserable lives
of these last eight or nine years.
1:00:29
But amidst all our hardships...
1:00:34
my daughter Miho
was rapidly becoming a woman,
1:00:39
and soon it was
the spring of her 18th year.