In Edo, Ryoo was staying at a residence of Koseki MATSUDAIRA, who was a hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and while staying there Ryoo again suffered from the pain from the old wound of the Shito.
江戸では旗本の松平孝石邸に滞泊していたが、そのとき指灯の旧痕が再び痛み出した。