leading up to the marutake inn incident
historical
research
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After Naminosuke passed away, Oden had cohabited with Ogawa Ichitarō
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Ichitarō's involvement differs between accounts, as being either a friend or a lover
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Ichitarō’s business got into financial trouble and Oden turned to business associates for help, one of them being Gotō Kichizō
Ogawa Ichitarō
yasha monogatari
Ogawa Ichitarō
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After getting to Tokyo, she meets Ogawa Ichitarō, a former samurai now running a brokerage
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Suzuki Hamajirō shows up and forces Oden to be his wife, they part after Oden attempts to murder him
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Ichitarō's business is in trouble, Oden turns to men she has been involved with recently to ask for help,
description of the murder and basic information
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Gotō Kichizō was murdered in the evening between August 26th and 27th, 1876.
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He was found the next day, on August 28th, 1976, by a maid.
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There was a letter by Oden left at the scene, claiming that she murdered Gotō in revenge for a half-sister, who committed suicide because she was treated cruelly by him.
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The murder weapon was a razor.
historical
research
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After Naminosuke passed away, Oden had cohabited with Ogawa Ichitarō
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Ichitarō's involvement differes between accounts, as being either a friend or a lover
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Ichitarō’s business got into financial trouble and Oden turned to business associates for help
account 1
historical
research
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After Naminosuke passed away, Oden had cohabited with Ogawa Ichitarō
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Ichitarō's involvement differes between accounts, as being either a friend or a lover
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Ichitarō’s business got into financial trouble and Oden turned to business associates for help
account 2
historical
research
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After Naminosuke passed away, Oden had cohabited with Ogawa Ichitarō
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Ichitarō's involvement differes between accounts, as being either a friend or a lover
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Ichitarō’s business got into financial trouble and Oden turned to business associates for help
account 3
yasha monogatari
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Grows up wild, engages in fistfights
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Committed her first theft by the time she was 17 years old
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Is sent to a convent and had an affair with one of the nuns there
Analysis
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No other information could be found about Oden’s childhood in our research, but the names of the people involved in her life match the characters’ names in Takahashi Oden yasha monogatari.
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Although the true reason is unclear, the fact that Kanzaemon sent Oden to be raised by his brother corresponds to the account in the story.
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Robun puts in the extra effort to describe Oharu's affairs and to label Oden as a child with "evil blood" in her due to the actions of her mother. Not enough is known about the history of Takahashi Oharu to neither confirm nor deny the story that Robun describes. Still, we cannot rule out the possibility that the story of Oharu was presented in order to provide a reasoning behind Oden's "evil inclinations", as it seems to be inherited in Robun's story.