Forty-seven Ronin

The tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin (also known as the Forty-Seven Samurai, the Ak? vendetta, or in Japanese as the "ak? r?shi" (???? Ak? Masterless Samurai)?or the "genroku ak? jiken" (?????? Genroku Ak? Incident)) is a prototypical Japanese story. Described by one noted Japan scholar as the country's "national legend" http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/chushinguranew/kanadehon/Index.htm, it recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushido, and vividly expresses a significant part of the traditional Japanese world-view.

External links

• Chushingura and the Samurai Tradition - Comparisons of the accuracy of accounts by Mitford, Murdoch and others, as well as much other useful material, by a noted scholars of Japan
• Ako's Forty-Seven Samurai - Web site produced by students at Ako High School; contains the story of the 47 Ronin's story, and images of wooden votive tablets of the 47 Ronin in the Oishi Shrine, Ako
• Well photos - The well where 47 Ronin washed the head of Kira
• Sengakuji Photos - Photos from Sengakuji Temple, including the Kubi-Arai well
• Five different woodblock print versions of the story by Ando Hiroshige