The person who had the most difficulty was a young comrade Emoshichi YATO whose family had moved to Osaka after they left Ako, since he experienced his father Chosuke YATO's death due to sickness.
この家族の処置にあたって特に苦難したといわれるのは若年の同志矢頭右衛門七で、赤穂退去後、矢頭家は大阪に移住していたが、ここで父矢頭長助が病死してしまう。