Forty-seven Ronin, Jap. Chushingura, group of Japanese samurai samurai (sä'm
rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo .
..... Click the link for more information. who avenged the disgrace and seppuku (suicide) of their master, Lord Asano, in 1703 by assassinating Lord Kira, the official responsible for his death. After a year of debate at all levels of society, the ronin (masterless samurai) committed seppuku as they had been ordered. They have since been regarded as great cultural heroes who embody the virtue of loyalty and are celebrated in traditional tales and a number of works of art. These include a popular 18th-century drama by Chikamatsu Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Monzaemon (môn`zäĕmŏn` chē'kämä`ts
..... Click the link for more information. ; 19th-century Japanese prints; films by Kinugasa Teinosuke (1932), Mizoguchi Kenji (1942), and Hiroshi Inagaki (1962); modern stage and television plays; and, in the West, a dramatic adaptation (The Faithful) by John Masefield Masefield, John (mās–), 1878–1967, English poet. He went to sea as a youth and later spent several years in the United States.
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rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo ...... Click the link for more information. who avenged the disgrace and seppuku (suicide) of their master, Lord Asano, in 1703 by assassinating Lord Kira, the official responsible for his death. After a year of debate at all levels of society, the ronin (masterless samurai) committed seppuku as they had been ordered. They have since been regarded as great cultural heroes who embody the virtue of loyalty and are celebrated in traditional tales and a number of works of art. These include a popular 18th-century drama by Chikamatsu Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Monzaemon (môn`zäĕmŏn` chē'kämä`ts
..... Click the link for more information. ; 19th-century Japanese prints; films by Kinugasa Teinosuke (1932), Mizoguchi Kenji (1942), and Hiroshi Inagaki (1962); modern stage and television plays; and, in the West, a dramatic adaptation (The Faithful) by John Masefield Masefield, John (mās–), 1878–1967, English poet. He went to sea as a youth and later spent several years in the United States.
..... Click the link for more information. .
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