Surprisingly, both of them survived, and Otomi was taken in at the mistress' home by Tazaemon (Genjidana in Kamakura) who served as the head clerk of Izumiya.
ところがなんと2人とも命をとりとめ、お富は和泉屋の大番頭・多左衛門の妾宅（鎌倉の源氏店）に引き取られる。