Catalog record · 目録番号 72240
Act 1, Preface, Tsurugaoka, Kabuto Aratame
Catalog note / 解説
Eisen Chushingura This historic event took place on the 14th day of the 12th month of 1702. The Ako ronin, or lordless samurai, led by Oishi Kuranosuke attacked the Kira estate, and by beheading Kira Yoshinaka, the group avenged their deceased lord Asano Naganori. This event known as the Ako Revenge was dramatized in a variety of ways, but the most famous of these dramatizations is the Kabuki play, Kanadehon Chushingura, commonly known as simply Chushingura. As it was forbidden at the time to use the real names of the participants in this event, the play was recast in JapanOs medieval period, and all of the names of the principals were changed. The play is made up of eleven acts. This famou…
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