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Episode 456 - Stranger in the Shogun's City

History of Japan

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The Story of Tsunino and Chikon

Tsunino ran away with a lover for illicit sex, even if she had not planned it that way. By the laws of the time, she was the one who would be liable to be punished. So Tsunino felt she had no choice but to acquiesce. The two struck out once again on their own, renting a room in one of Edo's mini tenements.

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