Incidentally, the story has a dramatic touch as shown in the anecdote that while Mikizo was crossing swords with IMAI, Kuwajiro was fighting to the death with a certain ANZAI, a samurai from Ise Province and, later, the two brothers encountered each other in front of their quarters.
ちなみにこの話では、造酒蔵が今井と切り結んでいる丁度その頃、鍬次郎も伊勢国藩士・安西某なる武士を斬り殺し、お互いに屯所の前で鉢合わせをした、というドラマチックな描き方をされている。