Copped and cropped from Eimei

See Eimei nijuhasshuku for background on this series.

This semi-legendary story concerns one of the most famous frauds in Japanese history. A young man known as Ten'ichibo heard from an elderly woman in Kii (Wakayama prefecture) how she came into possession of a document and sword. He realized if he could prove ownership of the items, it would establish him as an heir to the Tokugawa dynasty under Shogun Yoshimune. Here, he is shown killing an old woman to steal a document and sword which would　prove that he was a Tokugawa heir. He was executed for his various crimes in 1727.