Tokyo nichinichi shinbun Story translationSakura Kikuzo, who resides in 1-banchi of Mita-shikoku-machi, has incessantly been a man whose liver is settled [nerves are steady], and when after eight on the night of this past 14th day three men pushed their way in, two of them, wearing long swords of over three shaku [feet], threatened him, shouting for him to hand over all his gold and silver, and when he opened a drawer of his tansu [chest of drawers] he suddenly pulled out a white blade [naked sword] and thrust it before the noses of the robbers, and the robbers, surprised by this unforeseen turn, panicked and ran off. [Unsigned] [Translated by William Wetherall] |
Commentary
Mita-shikoku-machi, created in 1872 within the Mita area of Tokyo, and later known as Shiba Mita-shikoku-machi, was integrated into the Shiba area of Minanto ward in 1964.