With Jin's growing popularity, the Study of Medicine Office find him a threat to their livelihood and status as the medical authority. A surgical instrument of Saburi's is found in the room of a murdered prostitute. The doctors at the Study of Medicine Office use it to their advantage to accuse Saburi of murder. He confesses that he's had an agreement to do autopsies at the Yoshiwara in exchange for a proper burial for the prostitutes. Ogata takes responsibility and resigns. However, Jin decides it would be best if he resigned instead to keep Ogata as head of the ...
