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Oh? Honjo-Koume?
:23:21
Kurihara was once a retainer
in the employ of...
:23:23
...Matsudaira Sahyonosuke, the chief
of the Yada clan in Joshu...
:23:25
...and his stipend was
more than 300-koku.
:23:27
300-koku? He must've been
an important man.
:23:32
As close to his Clan Lord
as Kurihara was...
:23:35
...as important
as he was...
:23:37
...why did he leave his clan, become
a ronin, and join us?
:23:42
That, sir, we don't
know for sure...
:23:44
...but according to Yamamoto,
a close confidante of his...
:23:47
...Kurihara is an exceptional,
avid scholar, who...
:23:49
...is well-read in Western philosophy.
:23:51
...is well-read in Western philosophy.
Oh?
:23:52
Based on his studies, he
strongly believes that...
:23:54
...unless Elder li is destroyed, Japan
will not see the dawn of a new era.
:23:59
Uh-huh...
:24:00
His scholarly studies lead him to believe
that the death of li is imperative?
:24:06
That, sir, is what Yamamoto
has told me.
:24:08
Uh-huh.
:24:10
By the way, this Kurihara...
:24:12
...as he is no longer an
aide to his Clan Lord...
:24:15
...how, then, can he afford to live
in such a noteworthy mansion?
:24:17
Sir, as for that...
:24:20
...his wife, Mitsu, happens to be
the daughter of Kagaya Seibei...
:24:25
...a shipping agent in Shinmachi,
near Shiba Shiodome Bridge.
:24:27
The mansion is Seibei's
second home.
:24:32
Thus, Kurihara's leisurely
lifestyle in the mansion...
:24:36
...is not, I believe, grounds
to suspect anything.
:24:56
And so, Kurihara Einosuke can spend
his days focusing his mind...
:24:59
...on scholarship... and
swordmanship.