Forty-Seven Ronin

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin, also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak vendetta, or the Genroku Ak incident took place in Japan at the start of the eighteenth century. The tale has been described by one noted Japanese scholar as the country''s "national legend." It recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushid . The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was K zukeno suke.... Mehr