![]() ![]() The popularity of the tale grew during the Meiji era of Japanese history, in which Japan underwent modernization, and the legend became subsumed within discourses of national heritage and identity.įictionalized accounts of the tale of the Forty-seven Ronin are known as Chūshingura. With much embellishment, this true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that people should preserve in their daily lives. In turn, the ronin were themselves obliged to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. The ronin avenged their master's honor by killing Kira, after waiting and planning for almost two years. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. ![]() One noted Japanese scholar described the tale, the most famous example of the samurai code of honor, bushidō, as the country's "national legend." The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin ( 四十七士, Shi-jū-shichi-shi ?) took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century. Graves of the Forty-seven Ronin at Sengaku-ji. ![]() For other uses, see Forty-seven Ronin (disambiguation). ![]()
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