"Chushingura; Or, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers" is also known as the Tale of the 47 Ronin. It is one of the most famous stories in Japanese history and literature . The plot of the story is based on a series of actual events at the beginning of the 18th century. Chushingura tells the story of a group of samurai who have lost their Master to ritual suicide ("seppuku"). The suicide was ordered as honorable atonement for the master's purportedly unjustified treatment of some court official. The term "Ronin" refers to samurai (also known as "retainers") who are masterless - which usually means their master was killed or disgraced. Now, the ronin plan to take revenge agains the official guilty in the death of their master.
Chushingura; Or, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Kom i gang med denne boken i dag for 0 kr
- Få full tilgang til alle bøkene i appen i prøveperioden
- Ingen forpliktelser, si opp når du vil
Forfattere:
Språk:
engelsk
Format:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Honey-Dew
The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics
Thin Air : New Earth #5
The Man with the Golden Gun : A James Bond Adventure
Von Bek : The Warhound and the World's Pain and The City in the Autumn Stars
Count Zero
See Loss See Also Love : A Novel
Bang Bang Bodhisattva
Selected Journal Entries by Beatrix Potter - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Secret Agent
