Endo Moritoh(1139-1203) loved Kesa Gozen, the wife of WATANABE Wataru, who was his male cousin and worked together with him. Moritoh killed Wataru in his bedroom, but the dead body was Kesa's. She had smelled Moritoh's scheme and gotten into her husband's bed as a substitute to save him. Moritoh was ashamed of him behavior and entered into the priesthood. He became the famous priest Bunkaku.
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