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

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.