One day Shino's uncle and aunt, the village head reported that Shino's dog Yoshiro ran wild in their house and destroyed migyosho (document of shogunate order) given by the Kanryo Family (the family in control) (, which was a scheme conceived by Hikoroku and his wife), and Shino's father Bansaku committed suicide in order to take responsibility.
ある日、村長である伯母夫婦の家にて信乃の飼い犬、与四郎が暴れ、管領家から賜った御教書を破損したとの訴えがあり（これは蟇六夫婦の罠であった）、責を取って父・番作は自害。