THE NEW CHUSHINGURA IBD

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Chushingura - The Treasury of Loyal RetainersThe revenge of the forty-seven ronin is the famous story of samurai vengeance from feudal Japan. Briefly, Lord Asano, the daimyo of Ako, tries to kill Lord Kira, the chief master of ceremonies, in the shogunâÇÖs castle in Edo during a visit of imperial envoys from Kyoto. The shogun handed down the sentence of seppuku, ritual suicide, to be carried out the same evening but only for Lord Asano. Some, but not all, of AsanoâÇÖs retainers found the punishment unjust and vowed to deliver Lord KiraâÇÖs head to the grave of their lord.No one knows the full true story of the forty-seven ronin, but Eiji Yoshikawa weaves an exciting tale of the players on this historic stage. He tells aátale of the many players, their motivations and conflicts, and the series of events that affect Japan to this day.An early retelling of this incident was a puppet play titledáChushingura, which is translated asáThe Treasury of Loyal Retainers. Eiji YoshikawaâÇÖsáThe New Chushingura was serially published ináHinodemagazine from January 1935 to January 1937.