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322 In recognition of their perseverance and heroic revenge, the Regent Taikō ordered that Katsugorō should succeed to his dead brother Sampei's estate, and appointed Fudesuké Katsugorō's chief retainer. Katsugorō treated Sawarabi with the kindness and respect due to his wife's mother, and the three of them led a happy and prosperous life to the end.