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the Date residence, she tried to throw herself in the river rather than go with him. Furious, Tsunamura pulled her from the river by her hair and stabbed her in the heart. His uncle and the other conspirators seized this opportunity to denounce him to the officials of wanton behavior and force his retirement. This story was the basis of many
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when her time at the brothel had expired and she rejected
Tsunamune's offers. Undeterred, he offered to buy her contract in gold equal to her weight. The unscrupulous brothel-keeper added weights to her sleeves, so that he had to pay more than 165 pounds of gold. However, when he came to take her to
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to testify. Testimony between Aki and the retainers of
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plays, and attracted an extraordinary number of researchers over the years who have tried to determine if there was any truth in the story. It appears that
Tsunamura did visit Yoshiwara and was enamoured by the prostitute named Takao, but she died in 1659 of illness and not by his hand.
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the shogunate officials about the mismanagement of the domain. Aki and various domain officials were summoned before the council of
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