Seppuku he requested a pardon, as a result of which nine of the samurai were spared. This incident was dramatised in a famous short story, "Sakai Jiken", by Mori Ōgai. In the 1860s, the British Ambassador to Japan, Algernon Freeman-Mitford (Lord Redesdale), lived within sight of Sengaku-ji where the Forty-seven Ronin are buried. In his book "Tales of Old Japan", he describes a man who had come to the graves to kill himself: Mitford also describes his friend's eyewitness account of a seppuku: During the Meiji Restoration, the Tokugawa Shogun's aide performed seppuku: In his book "Tales of Old Japan", Mitford
Samurai Warriors 4 including Hidetada Tokugawa and Hideyori Toyotomi, both of whom received new character designs since both have never been playable in any game of the series. Samurai Warriors 4 Samurai Warriors 4, known in Japan as , is a hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo, and sequel to "Samurai Warriors 3". Unlike past "Samurai Warriors" games, this one only has Japanese voice overs. The game was made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the series. While the game was confirmed to be in development for the PlayStation 3 as early as 2012, it was not until the SCEJA Press Conference