When an expert swordsman from Satsuma, Kiken MURAKAMI, found Kuranosuke OISHI at Ichiriki-jaya Teahouse indulging in dissipation, he insulted him by saying 'you do not even avenge for your lord, this coward, shame on you, you do not know what it means to be a samurai' and spit on Oishi's face before leaving.
薩摩の剣客村上喜剣は、京都の一力茶屋で放蕩を尽くす大石内蔵助をみつけると、「亡君の恨みも晴らさず、この腰抜け、恥じ知らず、犬侍」と罵倒の限りを尽くし、最後に大石の顔につばを吐きかけて去っていった。