TY - BOOK AU - Takeda,Izumo AU - Miyoshi,Shoraku AU - Namiki,Senryu AU - Inouye,Jukichi TI - Chushingura; Or, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers AV - PL PY - 2019/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Forty-seven Ronin -- Drama KW - Japan -- History -- Ako Vendetta, 1703 -- Drama N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABshingura; Release date is 2019-05-02; Produced by Ronald Grenier (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Google Books Library Project/American Libraries.); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Chushingura; Or, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers" by Takeda, Miyoshi, and Namiki is a fictionalized theatrical work based on a historical incident from 1701. When a samurai lord is forced to commit ritual suicide after attacking a court official, his loyal retainers become masterless warriors. Nearly two years later, forty-seven of these rōnin execute a daring plan to avenge their master's death. This enduring tale of loyalty, duty, and sacrifice has become one of Japan's most famous stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59421 ER -