Lot Essay
The subject is probably Oishi Kura no suke, karo (chief minister) of Asano Takumi no kami, Daimyo of Ako (Yenya, in the play "Chusingura"), feigning drunken profligacy as he and his co-conspirators secretly plot revenge on Kira Kozuke no suke (Moronao) for the enforced suicide of their master.