1 jan 1701 ano - Incident of the 47 Ronin

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Sparking an affair that captures the imagination of Japanese to this day, Lord Asano, a young daimyo from a small rural domain was insulted by a court official during a visit to Edo Castle. Furious, the daimyo, drew his sword against the official, Kira Yoshinaka, wounding him. Shogun Tsunayoshi declared Asano's behavior was unacceptable within the castle grounds and ordered him to commit suicide. The shogun then transferred Asano's domain to another family clan. Asano's samurai retainers were now ronin and vowed revenge. To fool the authorities, they pretended to abandon their samurai honor and began living degenerately. Then, one snowy night, they broke into Kira's mansion, decapitated him, and paraded his head through the streets of Edo. Arriving at the burial spot of their beloved Asano, the ronin washed Kira's head, placed it before their fallen leader's tomb, and then turned themselves over to the authorities. Confucian scholars and government officials debated the dilemma for over a year: the 47 ronin had obeyed their samurai code of honor, yet they had challenged the shogun's authority. The public, meanwhile, embraced the ronin as heroes for embodying the traditional warrior codes. But Tsunayoshi, issuing the final ruling, ordered the 47 ronin to commit suicide. Depicting the incident of the 47 ronin, Chushingura ("The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers"), continues to be the most popular dramatization in Japanese theater.

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