The Forty Seven Ronin Story Nonfiction Publication Date: 09 Mar 1992

Publication Date: 09 Mar 1992

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The Forty Seven Ronin Story Nonfiction Publication Date: 09 Mar 1992Japan was a country in turmoil at the beginning of the 18th century. It was a time of pageantry and corruption in the Shogun's court in Edo (now Tokyo) and of riotous gaiety in the pleasure quarters of ancient Kyoto, shuttered away from the world of social restraint. The arts flourished; the popular theater was born. Because the merchant class was rising in power, it was also the beginning of the end of privilege for the professional warriors, or