Author: Eiji Yoshikawa
Publisher: Shelley Marshall
ISBN: 1734964472
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
A dish best served cold... The 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 shogun's 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 Asano's retainers found the punishment unjust and vowed to deliver Lord Kira's 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 a tale 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 titled Chushingura, which is translated as The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. Eiji Yoshikawa's The New Chushingura was serially published in Hinode magazine from January 1935 to January 1937.
The New Chushingura
Author: Eiji Yoshikawa
Publisher: Shelley Marshall
ISBN: 1734964472
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
A dish best served cold... The 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 shogun's 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 Asano's retainers found the punishment unjust and vowed to deliver Lord Kira's 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 a tale 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 titled Chushingura, which is translated as The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. Eiji Yoshikawa's The New Chushingura was serially published in Hinode magazine from January 1935 to January 1937.
Publisher: Shelley Marshall
ISBN: 1734964472
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
A dish best served cold... The 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 shogun's 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 Asano's retainers found the punishment unjust and vowed to deliver Lord Kira's 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 a tale 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 titled Chushingura, which is translated as The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. Eiji Yoshikawa's The New Chushingura was serially published in Hinode magazine from January 1935 to January 1937.
Chushingura and the Floating World
Author: David Bell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134277857
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Kanadehon Chushingura has been one of the most popular bunraku and kabuki plays. This fascinating study explores the full spectrum of ukiyo-e (floating world) representations of the Chushingura story. Essential reading for all students of Japanese theatre, the history of Japanese art and the social history of Japan.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134277857
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Kanadehon Chushingura has been one of the most popular bunraku and kabuki plays. This fascinating study explores the full spectrum of ukiyo-e (floating world) representations of the Chushingura story. Essential reading for all students of Japanese theatre, the history of Japanese art and the social history of Japan.
Chūshingura, Or, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Author: Izumo Takeda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Chushingura
Author: Izumo Takeda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Chūshingura
Author: Izumo Takeda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Chūshingura
Author: James R. Brandon
Publisher: Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher: Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Archetypes in Japanese Film
Author: Gregory Barrett
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780941664936
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This study examines the significance of the archetypal heroes and heroines of Japanese cinema and traces both their prior development in literature, drama, and folklore, and their subsequent variations in popular culture.
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780941664936
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This study examines the significance of the archetypal heroes and heroines of Japanese cinema and traces both their prior development in literature, drama, and folklore, and their subsequent variations in popular culture.
Chushingura
Author: Izumo Takeda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Subjects Portrayed in Japanese Colour-prints
Author: Basil Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Kuniyoshi
Author: David R. Weinberg
Publisher: Brill Hotei
ISBN: 9789074822855
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kuniyoshi The Faithful Samurai is a pioneering publication which deals with the most famous series - the Seichū gishi den (1847-48) and its sequel the Seichū gishin den (1848) - of the forty-seven masterless samurai (rōnin) by artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). The true 18th-century tale of revenge by forty-seven rōnin for the death of their lord was enormously popular in Japan: it was dramatised for the Kabuki theatre and its heroes were often depicted in ukiyo-e prints. Kuniyoshi was a master in the genre of warrior prints, and his series expressively portrays these warrior 'folk heroes'. Dr. Weinberg's book also includes translations of the texts which appear on the prints and which recount each hero's exploits. In addition, there are photographs of the relics of the masterless samurai and the ruins of their castle in Akō.
Publisher: Brill Hotei
ISBN: 9789074822855
Category : Forty-seven Rōnin in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kuniyoshi The Faithful Samurai is a pioneering publication which deals with the most famous series - the Seichū gishi den (1847-48) and its sequel the Seichū gishin den (1848) - of the forty-seven masterless samurai (rōnin) by artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). The true 18th-century tale of revenge by forty-seven rōnin for the death of their lord was enormously popular in Japan: it was dramatised for the Kabuki theatre and its heroes were often depicted in ukiyo-e prints. Kuniyoshi was a master in the genre of warrior prints, and his series expressively portrays these warrior 'folk heroes'. Dr. Weinberg's book also includes translations of the texts which appear on the prints and which recount each hero's exploits. In addition, there are photographs of the relics of the masterless samurai and the ruins of their castle in Akō.