Muratoyo DATE, a person in charge of entertaining Inshi (a messenger from the retired Emperor), a group of koke and chabozu (tea-server) ran to support in apprehending Asano, having seen the turmoil, and Koreuji SHINAGAWA and Yoshiyasu HATAKEYAMA, who were koke (a master of ceremony), carried Kira to Sotetsuno-ma Chamber.
騒ぎを見て駆けつけてきた院使饗応役の伊達村豊や高家衆、茶坊主達たちも次々と浅野の取り押さえに加わり、高家の品川伊氏と畠山義寧の両名が吉良を蘇鉄の間に運んだ。