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Ebiya Rinnosuke Seichu gishi den Walters 9546 Mark A, The tale of the forty-seven loyal warriors is based on events that took place in Japan in the years 1701-03. The warriors vowed to avenge the death of their master Lord Enya Hangan, who had been ordered to commit suicide as punishment for drawing his sword and attacking a high official in the palace. This official, who had in fact provoked Hangan, was the evil Moronao. Following two years of planning, the warriors (actually "ronin," former samurai who have lost their master) finally killed Moronao in his home. A year later they too were ordered to perform ritual suicide.

A dramatization of the actual events appeared on the Kabuki stage almost immediately. The best-known play, Chushingura, was written for the puppet theater in 1748.
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Ebiya Rinnosuke Seichu gishi den Walters 9546 Mark A, Seichū gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Historic samurai prints, Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum, Unsupported period, Creator templates with redirected Wikidata link, mulberry paper, pigments, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, by Ebiya Rinnosuke, ''Seichu gishi den''
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海老屋林之助清忠義士伝 9546 マークA 47人の義士の物語は、1701年から1703年にかけて日本で起こった出来事に基づいている。武士たちは、刀を抜いて殿上人を襲い、自害を命じられた主君・塩冶判官の仇討ちを誓った。判官を挑発した役人は、師直の悪人だった。2年に及ぶ計画の末、師直を討ち取った。1年後、彼らも自殺を命じられた。歌舞伎の舞台に実際の出来事を脚色したものがほとんど瞬時に登場した。有名な忠臣蔵は寛延元年の人形浄瑠璃である。
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海老屋林之助 生中義士伝 9546 マーク・A 著、海老屋林之助 訳『忠義士伝』 上、国芳、歴史武士の版画、ウォルターズ美術館 日本版、未完時代、ウィキデータリンク、桑紙、顔料、歌川国芳、海老屋林之助、生中義士伝
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righteously righteous righteousness paper mulberry provoke