Kanpei - Kanpei

Japanese: 勘平 - かんぺい
Kanpei - Kanpei
〘Noun〙 A character from "Kanadehon Chushingura": Hayano Kanpei. He is a retainer of Judge Shioya. He was late for an important matter for Judge Shioya, and disguised himself as a hunter in his wife Okaru's hometown of Yamazaki Village. He shot and killed Sadakuro, who had mistakenly killed his father-in-law while aiming for a boar. He believed that he had mistakenly killed his father-in-law, so he committed seppuku and died.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 「仮名手本忠臣蔵」の登場人物早野勘平。塩谷判官の家臣。判官の大事に遅れをとり、妻お軽の故郷山崎村で猟師に身をやつしていた折、猪をねらい間違って舅を殺した定九郎を撃ち殺す。それを誤って舅を殺したと思い切腹して死ぬ。

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