rd's ancestral temple have interceded for Sogoro,
my lord is so angry that he will not listen even to them, saying that,
had he not been one of the Gorojiu, he would have been in danger of
being ruined by this man: his high station alone saved him. My lord
spoke so severely that the priests themselves dare not recur to the
subject. You see, therefore, that it will be no use your attempting to
take any steps in the matter, for most certainly your petition will
not be received. You had better, then, think no more about it." And
with these words he gave back the memorial.

Zembei and the elders, seeing, to their infinite sorrow, that their
mission was fruitless, left the Court-house, and most sorrowfully took
counsel together, grinding their teeth in their disappointment when
they thought over what the councillor had said as to the futility of
their attempt. Out of grief for this, Zembei, with Hanzayemon and
Heijiuro, on the 11th day of the 2d month (the day on which Sogoro and
his wife and children suffered), left Ewaradai, the place of
execution, and went to the temple Zenkoji, in the province of
Shinshiu, and from thence they ascended Mount Koya in Kishiu, and, on
the 1st day of the 8th month, shaved their heads and became priests;
Zembei changed his name to Kakushin, and Hanzayemon changed his to
Zensho: as for Heijiuro, he fell sick at the end of the 7th month, and
on the 11th day of the 8th month died, being forty-seven years old
that year. These three men, who had loved Sogoro as the fishes love
water, were true to him to the last. Heijiuro was buried on Mount
Koya. Kakushin wandered through the country as a priest, praying for
the entry of Sogoro and his children into the perfection of paradise;
and, after visiting all the shrines and temples, came back at last to
his own province of Shimosa, and took up his abode at the temple
Riukakuji, in the village of Kano, and in the district of Imban,
praying and making offerings on behalf of the souls of Sogoro, his
wife and children. Hanzayemon, now known as the priest Zensho,
remained at Shinagawa, a suburb of Yedo, and, by the charity of good
people, collected enough money to erect six bronze Buddhas, which
remain standing to this day. He fell sick and died, at the age of
seventy, on the 10th day of the 2d month of the 13th year of the
period styled Kambun. Zembei, who, as a priest, had changed his name
to Kakushin, died, at the age of seventy-six, on the 17th day of the