![]() He first stops at a settlement of street actors and other performers, of which Oyuki was said to be a member. With Gunbei out of the way and father and son reunited, Ittō turns to finding the tattooed killer, Oyuki. Gunbei then begs Ittō to kill him, but he refuses, saying there is nothing to be gained from slaying a man who is already dead. With a swift stroke, he chops off Gunbei's right arm. Ittō and Gunbei now have their rematch, but Ittō is much improved and is more than ready for Gunbei. Gunbei and Itto had competed for the post of Shogun's executioner, and Gunbei's fierce swordsmanship surely would have won him the post, but in his over zealousness, he ends up pointing his sword at the Shogun, a taboo sword movement that costs him the job and makes him an outcast. The man, it turns out is Gunbei Yagyū, the outcast son of Retsudo Yagyū. Ittō arrives pushing the baby cart, and the two ronin recognize each other. The man has been following behind and turns his sword on Daigoro, who raises a stick to defend himself, In that instant the man realizes Daigoro is not just any child, but the son of Ogami Ittō. Unwittingly, he is surrounded by the flames, but Daigoro proves resourceful by burying himself in the mud in order to survive. The man sees something in Daigoro's eyes that alerts him to follow the boy when he leaves the temple.ĭaigoro wanders into a grass field as it is being lit on fire by farmers to prepare the ground for next year's growing season. Rather, it is a man whom Daigoro immediately recognizes as someone who is unfriendly. After entering another temple, he sees a figure at the altar praying, but it is not his father. ![]() Ittō must give up his search rather than risk an entanglement with the men, so he travels on alone.ĭaigoro spends days looking for his father, searching every temple in the countryside. A procession of them, accompanied by the sound of gongs and loud shrieks, sends Daigoro into hiding. He is lost, and has become separated from his father.Īgents of the Ogamis' mortal enemies, the Yagyū, are never far away. But the clowns shoo him away, saying it is time to go home. When the clowns finish their performance, Daigoro follows them, hoping to see more. He goes exploring and finds a pair of performing clowns on the street. Meanwhile, Ittō's 3-year-old son, Daigoro, has grown restless waiting by the baby cart his father uses to trundle him about in. He tracks down the tattoo artist, who explains that she was a "fine" woman who did not scream as he dug into her flesh with his needles. Ogami Ittō, the disgraced former shōgun 's executioner, or Kogi Kaishakunin, is hired to kill Oyuki. She then cuts off her victims' topknots, or chonmage, which brings dishonor to the dead man and his family. A portrait of a mountain witch covers her back. On her front is a kintarō grasping her left breast. ![]() Along with her deadly use of the short blade, she strips to the waist while fighting to reveal elaborate tattoos on her chest and back. Oyuki, a tattooed female assassin – the renegade member of a daimyō 's personal bodyguard detail – is killing every man that is sent up against her. ( October 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ![]() This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. ![]()
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