The ferry master Amanogawaya Kihei procures weapons so that the loyal retainers can make their raid. Centered on the figure of Kihei firmly seated on a long chest, a group of men watches members of their squad wrestling.

The ferry master Amanogawaya Kihei procures weapons so that the loyal retainers can make their raid. Centered on the figure of Kihei firmly seated on a long chest, a group of men watches members of their squad wrestling.

Honzo’s wife Tanase accompanies her daughter Konami, and conveys the message that she wants Konami married to Rikiya, but Yuranosuke’s wife Oishi refuses. Honzo in the form of a mendicant Zen monk appears before the mother and daughter who have decided to die, and speaks ill of Oboshi and the others, only to be struck by Rikiya’s spear and die. He reveals his true heart in his dying breath, and entrusting a map of Moronao’s mansion to his daughter Konami, Honzo dies. The print shows the scene where Honzo restrained by Oishi is stabbed by Rikiya’s spear.

Kakogawa Honzo’s wife, Tonase, accompanies her daughter Konami as far as Yamashina on the way to her husband, Oboshi Rikiya’s home. The print shows Tonase and Konami in their travel clothes.

Oboshi Yuranosuke sets out to fool Moronao into false security by pursuing a life of pleasure. Moronao’s group figures out Yuranosuke’s true thoughts, and decides to steal a glance at a letter that Yuranosuke has received. Okaru is reflected in a mirror from the second floor, and Moronao’s entrusted Ono Kudayu hides beneath the outer corridor to spy on the letter. Yuranosuke knew of the chivalrous spirit of Okaru and her brother, Teraoka Heizaemon, then visiting Okaru and Yuranosuke has Okaru stab Kudayu under the outer corridor and adds Heizaemon to the group of conspirators. The print shows Yuranosuke being entertained at the Ichiriku geisha house.

Kanpei returns home to find that Okaru has been sold in his absence, and when he hears that Yoichibei has been killed, he imagines that the night before he had killed his own father-in-law. When Yoichibei’s body is brought home, his widow blames Kanpei for the crime of killing his father-in-law, and as he cannot bear the accusations, he decides to commit hara-kiri. But, once the situation is made clear by the difference between the sword wounds and the bullet wound, he realizes that he has killed his father-in-law’s enemy. Kanpei seals his jointly sealed vengeance compact in blood and then dies. The print shows Kanpei and Okaru in their sadness at parting.

Kanpei meets his old comrade Chizaki Yagoro and it is hinted that the he will be pardoned for the accident by providing funds for the military. Okaru’s father Yoichibei sells his daughter, and as he is returning home with the money to support her husband Kanpei, he is attacked and killed by the villain Ono Sadakuro. By mistake, this Sadakuro takes Kanpei’s bullet aimed at a wild boar and dies. Kanpei rushes forward, only to be surprised with the body of a man, not a boar. Without knowing the full story, he takes the money bag and leaves. A rainy night on the Yamazaki road, we see the ronin form of Sadakuro as he kills Yoichibei and grabs the money bag.

Hokan is taken to Enya’s mansion where he is sentenced to commit hara-kiri. Hokan’s chief retainer Oboshi Yuranosuke (representing Oishi Kuranosuke) rushes to be with Hokan during his final moments, and with the will of his lord, vows his vengeance. He subdues the hot blooded samurai, and surrenders the building. Hokan is outside the castle gates, with the short sword used for hara-kiri in hand, with the formally dressed Yuranosuke watching as the castle surrenders.

Honzo awaits Moronao, receiving a present and asks for his lord’s mediation. This is effective, and Moronao announces his intent to submit to Wakasanosuke, lessening his murderous intent. Then he strikes out at the passerby Enya Hokan, and as he was hideously insulted, Hokan is finally cut by Moronao, and is supported by Kakogawa Honzo. Hokan’s fellow samurai, Hayano Kanpei secretly meets Okaru outside the gates, and shamed that he wasn’t present for his lord’s important event, Kanpei decides to commit hara-kiri. He is stopped by Okaru. The print shows Kanpei and Okaru at the edge of the moat outside the gates. The two are attacked by the Moronao supporter Sagisaka Bannai and are questioned by his men.