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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 47 samurai
		The incident of the 47 samurai (or 47 ronin, also known as Ako vendetta) is a famous case of the samurai code of honor.
		A group of samurai were left leaderless after their master was forced to commit seppuku avenged him a year later.
		Early in the morning of December 15, 1702, Oishi and 46 samurai attacked Kira Yoshinaka’s mansion in Edo armed with swords and bows.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/47/47_samurai (475 words)

	Art-of-Budo.com \|\| Samurai Tale of the 47 Ronin © Karateschool Wadokan Gorinchem
		The true story of the 47 ronin (masterless samurai) of the province of Harima is probably the best-known story of the valor and ideals (the Code of Bushido) of Japan's famous samurai warriors.
		By law, when a samurai lord committed seppuku, his castle was confiscated by the Shogun, his family was disinherited, and his 321 samurai retainers were ordered to disband, thus becoming ronin or masterless warriors.
		Today, the memory of the 47 ronin is celebrated in a play called Chusingura which moves the audience to tears and excitement as it develops the theme of the magnificent sacrifice of the 47 ronin.
	www.art-of-budo.com /samurai/47ronin/47ronin.htm (1255 words)

	47 samurai: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 47 samurai
		The incident of the 47 samurai (or 47 ronin, also known as Ako vendetta) is a famous case of the samurai code of honor.
		A group of samurai were left leaderless after their master was forced to commit seppuku avenged him a year later.
		The samurai had followed the precepts of bushido (avenged the death of their lord) but also defied shogunate authority.
	www.encyclopedian.com /47/47-samurai.html (481 words)

	Learn more about Samurai in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Samurai (侍 or sometimes 士) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan.
		Samurai were expected to be cultured and literate, and over time, samurai during the Tokugawa era gradually lost their military function, and by the end of the Tokugawa, samurai were essentially civilian bureaucrats for the daimyo with their swords serving only ceremonial purposes.
		The last hurrah of original samurai was in 1867 when samurai from Choshu and Satsuma provinces defeated the shogunate forces in favor of the rule of the emperor.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sa/samurai.html (1340 words)

	Forty-seven Ronin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (became ronin) after their master was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official who had insulted him.
		A Satsuma man, passing by, was infuriated by this behaviour on the part of a samurai - both by his lack of courage to avenge his master, as well as his current debauched behaviour.
		The samurai had followed the precepts of bushido (by avenging the death of their lord) but also defied shogunate authority (by exacting revenge which had been prohibited).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/47_samurai (3640 words)

	Encyclopedia: Samurai (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Overall, the Samurai way of warfare was incapable of inflicting significant damage upon the Mongol army, which favored tactics of large encirclement, blitzkrieg, and employed advanced weaponry (the Samurai were shocked by the Chinese grenades).
		The Samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome in 1615, Coll.
		The samurai's weapon of choice was the yumi (bow) and it was unchanged for centuries until the introduction of gunpowder and rifle in the 16th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Samurai (11461 words)

	The 47 Ronin
		The story of the 47 Ronin is one of the most celebrated in the history of the samurai.
		On one occasion, a samurai from Satsuma is supposed to have come across Ôishi drunk in the street and spat upon him, saying that he was no real samurai.
		47 of them gathered on 14 December 1702 and, after donning the armor and taking up the weapons from the cache, they set out on their revenge on that same snowy night.
	www.samurai-archives.com /ronin.html (1271 words)

	Sengakuji: The Temple of the 47 Samurai
		The 47 samurai knew they could never hope to overcome all the guards and take their revenge on Kira, so they hatched a plan.
		The 47 samurai ignored the people who taunted them and laughed at them, because they were intent on getting their revenge.
		The 47 samurai then took Kira's head to the grave of their master, which was located at Sengaku-ji Temple, near Shinagawa.
	www.jon-schmid.com /japan1/Sengakuji.htm (1284 words)

	PCM > The Mystery of 47 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Becoming ronin (masterless samurai), Takumi's 47 followers swore to avenge their dead master in a story that lives on as the Legend of the 47 Ronin.
		And when I was told that 47 degrees is the approximate azimuth angle of an object on the horizon which passes through the zenith at the latitude of Claremont, there was just a bit of wonder mixed into my blank stare.
		Maybe, in the final analysis, it's not the occurrence of 47 in nature that is important but the number's ability to evoke a feeling of nostalgia for Pomona--to awaken, in a glance, all those sleeping memories of life here.
	www.pomona.edu /Magazine/pcmfl00/1.shtml (2398 words)

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		One is the transformation of the samurai estate from the elite ruling class into the dominant force in the modernization of Japan in the Meiji period (1868-1912), and then into a powerful legend and ideology that continues today to have a widespread influence both in Japan and throughout the world.
		"Yamamoto Tsunetomo: Hagakure," in Sato, Legends of the Samurai, pp.
		1913), in Sato, Legends of the Samurai, pp.
	www.columbia.edu /~hds2/chushingura/syl_ug_s02.htm (2017 words)

	Japanese Films for the Recreator
		Ashigaru (foot-soldier) samurai, usually of the peasantry, were beginning to show elements of "uniforms" as their commanders bought cheap munition grade armors, and the use of sashimono (back banners) spread.
		Themes of samurai culture are played with simplistically, such as the scene where a retainer commits seppuku because he was stupid enough to fall into the pit where the gaijin sailors are being held.
		During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him.
	www.geocities.com /mokuraibozu/Films.html (5397 words)

	The samurai led lives according to a strict code of duty, sacrifice (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Samurai followed the strict code of bushido, which suggested that loyalty, duty and valor ruled one's life.
		Those who'd lost their master or had just begun their quest as a samurai were known as "ronin" or "wave men," which meant that the tides of life and fate were carrying them.
		Though the samurai fought to preserve their way of life, nothing could stop the new Meiji government from ruling.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/teenpage/040713/samurai.shtml (271 words)

	Chushingura : Seatale Books - Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Based on actual events, the story of the loyal 47 ronin is probably the most dramatized story in Japanese theatrical tradition.
		Tatsuya Mihashi ("Tora Tora Tora,") Takashi Shimura ("Seven Samurai,") Yuzo Kayama ("Red Beard") and of course Toshiro Mifune ("Seven Samurai," "Yojimbo," too many films to mention...), each name on the roster is one of the best, each with at lease on Kurosawa-credit on their resume, if not more.
		A simple mention of "chushingura" or the "47 retainers" conjures images of snow-swept feudal Edo (Tokyo) and stealthy samurai enacting a long-awaited raid to revenge their deceased master.
	www.seatalebooks.net /shop/product.aspx?asin=B000056NWP (717 words)

	Ronin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ronin are the freelance samurai warriors who were no longer attached to the feudal lords.
		By far the most famous ronin are the 47 Ronin who are buried at Sengakuji Temple on the south side of Tokyo.
		All 47 complied and are buried with their master.
	www.holt.org /ronin.html (280 words)

	A Small Victory: this month in history: the tale of the 47 ronin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On that night, 47 ronin (masterless samurai), avenged the death of their master, Lord Asano, two years after he was ordered to commit seppuku, or ritual suicide, for taking a swipe at one Lord Kira.
		It was that loyalty and honor that took the 47 samurai on a two year journey to avenge the death of their master, Lord Asano.
		The samurai, who were now ronin, had to leave their castle, as the law permitted the Shogun to take over Asano's castle after he committed seppuku.
	asmallvictory.net /archives/005475.html (1226 words)

	Japan File: Festival of the 47 Samurai
		By law, when a samurai lord committed seppuku, his castle was confiscated by the Shogun, and his retainers became masterless samurai (ronin) and were dispossessed.
		Asano's samurai were unsure of how to act in the wake of this disaster.
		Disguised as commoners, the 47 samurai traveled to Edo and waited for an opportunity to broach Kira's castle.
	www.japanfile.com /culture_and_society/festivals/47_Samurai-2.shtml (290 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Samurai Work"
		The samurai were not mercenary warriors, roaming Japan and fighting for whatever warlord would pay them.
		This sense of loyalty and honor was often carried to extremes by the Japanese, who would fight to the death in a hopeless battle to protect their master's castle, or commit suicide if they felt they had disgraced their lord.
		They were arrested and forced to commit seppuku, not because they had fulfilled their duty of vengeance (this was expected), but because they had done it with a secret attack, which was considered dishonorable.
	people.howstuffworks.com /samurai5.htm (380 words)

	Samurai - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Etymology of Samurai The word samurai has its origins in the pre-Heian period Japan when it was pronounced saburai, meaning servant or attendant.
		Rise of the Samurai Originally these warriors were little else than hired soldiers in the employ of the emperor and noble clans.
		Meiji Restoration The last hurrah of original samurai was in 1867 when samurai from Choshu and Satsuma provinces defeated the shogunate forces in favor of the rule of the emperor.
	www.questionz.net /Military_history/Samurai.html (1250 words)

	Chushingura Text (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the snowy night of January 30, 1703, in an incident known as the Ako vendetta, forty-six samurai burst into the mansion of the man responsible for the death of their former master, Asano Naganori, the lord of Ako.
		Only offenders in the samurai class were allowed to commit seppuku, thus preserving their warrior status and distinguishing them from common criminals who were beheaded.
		The qualities of fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness, and above all, of honor, which are embodied by the samurai who participated in the "Ako vendetta" also find expression in the powerful graphic designs inspired by the play and its historic background.
	www.ku.edu /~sma/chushin/chushtxt.htm (2116 words)

	Chushingura (1962)
		The tale of the 47 loyal samurai, Chushingura is an epic tale of loyalty and honor.
		Ako's lands are assigned to a new lord, and his warriors become ronin, masterless samurai with nowhere to go and no ancestral lord to serve.
		When the faithful 47 arrive at their snowy day of revenge, each individual personality, from the stoical Oishi to the hotheaded, hard-drinking Tawaraboshi (Toshiro Mifune), has become a symbol of the samurai spirit.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Chushingura/Chushingura.html (707 words)

	Tokyo Travel: Sengakuji
		Sengakuji is a small temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, famous for its graveyard where the "47 Ronin" (also known as Akoroshi, the "masterless samurai from Ako") are buried.
		December 14 is the anniversary of the 47 ronin's avenge.
		The story of the 47 ronin became highly popular as a kabuki play during the Edo Period, and remains very popular today in Japan where loyalty, endurance and will power are some of the most respected characteristics.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3000.html (386 words)

	VIDEOS
		For this offense, Asano is forced to commit harakiri; his family is disinherited; and his 47 loyal samurai become ronin, men without a master.
		Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo, a renowned swordsman who is the essence of samurai loyalty until his overlord demands the return of a former mistress, Isaburo's beloved daughter-in-law.
		Capturing the Samurai warrior spirit in all it glory, The Samurai Trilogy is an epic depiction of the exploits of Musashi Miyamoto, Japan's most famous swordsman.
	www.brookhursthobbies.com /videos_samurai.htm (848 words)

	47 SOCIETY MAILING LIST ARCHIVE: September-November 1998
		Another friend got involved, and we became followers of 47, not knowing that we were part of a large group of people who had noticed the same thing, and that a professor had actually proved that all numbers equal 47.
		When a 47 appeared on tv or anywhere, it prompted a cheer and a raising of fists from the three of us.
		Subject: super bus 47 In my usual bus ride home from work, I noticed that on the bus entrance to the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the number 47 is spraypainted on a pillar for no apparent reason.
	www.47.net /47society/47list/11-98.html (1056 words)

	Samurai - Ozone Ozone OZSA20P OZSA30P OZSA40P OZSA50P OZSA60P OZSA72P OZSA20B OZSA30B OZSA40B OZSA50B OZSA60B OZSA72B - ...
		The Samurai has been designed to perform in all conditions and for all powerkiting sports, including Kitegroundboarding (KGB), buggying, snowkiting and free flying.
		Due to its ease of handling, the Samurai is suitable for both first time flyers and those looking for the perfect all-round power kite that is fun and easy to use but with high performance.
		The Samurai can be used with either standard four-line handles or a control bar.
	www.bilboquet.com /product/47_3/2202_samurai_ailes_de_traction_terrestres.html?LANG=en (230 words)

	chushingura
		Kira insults samurai in front of Hyobu, calling them "stupid," and saying that he became a Grand Master of Ceremonies to avoid having to put his life at risk for honor.
		The other samurai leaves in disgust when it appears that Oishi is wasting the money on sake and prostitutes, and has no interest in avenging his late lord.
		The samurai discuss whether it is more painful to refuse or to come with them.
	faculty.vassar.edu /brvannor/AS105/chushingura.html (3139 words)

	Samurai ronin - Anime Reviews
		Set in the 1830s near the end of the age of the samurai, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a
		Set in the 1830s near the end of the age of the samurai, Ronin Gai is populated by an These samurai became known as ronin, the master-less samurai,
		Samurai Champloo is a period piece about samurai, ronin and yakuza, but attitudinal anachronisms abound, beginning with the show's leads.
	cutesky.com /c/samurai-ronin.html (246 words)

	Samurai Armor and Armour in Tokyo, samurai armor and samurai yoroi, Japanese Samurai Helmets, Kabuto
		Samurai Armor and Armour in Tokyo, samurai armor and samurai yoroi, Japanese Samurai Helmets, Kabuto
		Japanese Samurai Armor Tokyo and Japanese Samurai Armour in Tokyo
		Japanese Armour, Armor, Yoroi, Samurai Armour, Samurai Armour, Samurai Yoroi
	www.japanesearmor.com (1067 words)

	DVDBeaver.com - DVD Review - Kenji Mizoguchi's " The 47 Ronin " Image Entertainment - Region 1- NTSC
		47 Samurai" or "Chushingura" or "Loyal 47 of the Genroku Era" or "The 47 Ronin" or "The Loyal 47 Ronin
		And the third is Kenji Mizoguchi's two-part, four-hour Genroku Chushingura (usually translated as "The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era"), being shown in Chicago for the first time in several years this weekend at the Film Center.
		In 1701, a century after the Tokugawa shogunate ended the samurai wars, the samurai and their codes of honor began to decline in the face of a growing mercantile culture and its laws.
	www.dvdbeaver.com /film/DVDReviews10/the_47_ronin_.htm (611 words)

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