The play "Kanadehon Chûshingura" was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1748 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza. It was adapted for Kabuki the same year and staged for the first time in the 12th lunar month of 1748 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai [casting]. The "Godanme" act (5th act) was performed with the actors Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II, Arashi Sanjûrô II, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Kataoka Nizaemon IV and Tamiya Jûzaburô II in the roles of Hen'ya Hangan, Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Ishidô Umanojô, Ono Kudayû and Yakushiji Jirozaemon.

The "Godanme" act, the fifth act of "Kanadehon Chûshingura", is made up of 2 scenes commonly called "Teppô Watashi" (literally "The Musket Scene") and "Futatsudama" (literally "Two Bullets"). Scene 1 and 2 are always performed for a tôshi kyôgen production of this drama. They are also staged independently of the others acts, along with the sixth act.

Act V, Scene 1: Teppô Watashi
The Musket Scene

Act V, Scene 2: Futatsudama
Two Bullets

The actors Sawamura Tosshô II (1st from left), Nakamura Fukusuke II (2nd from left), Nakamura Tsuruzô I (2nd from right) and Kawarasaki Gonjûrô I (1st from right) playing the roles of Hayano Kanpei, Senzaki Yagorô, Yoichibê and Ono no Sadakurô in the fifth act of the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" (mitate-e made by Nakai Yoshitaki in 1865)