Note 2 — ACT XI.
Jukichi Inouye translation
The loyal retainers have each of them one of the forty-seven characters of the Japanese syllabary written on their haori. From the coincidence in the number of the retainers and that of these characters, the title Kanadehon Chushingura is given to this play, Kanadehon meaning the copy-book of the Japanese syllabary.