However, Edo chief retainer Yasunaga IROBE (also known as Takafusa CHISAKA) stood in his way to save the Uesugi family and shouted at his lord by saying 'you are supposed to be the head of the Uesugi family and not the Kira family.'
しかし江戸家老色部安長（または千坂高房）が上杉の御家を守るために主人の前に立ちふさがり、「殿は吉良家の御当主にならず！上杉家の御当主でございますぞ！」と一喝。