Chushingura

Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) : A Puppet Play - Translations from the Asian Classics

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Publisher's Synopsis

Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perennially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written in the eighteenth century as a puppet play, it is now best known through Kabuki theater performances.This edition includes a new preface, introduction, and notes.

Book information

ISBN: 9780231035316
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 895.6232
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 183
Weight: 228g
Height: 135mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 15mm