328 - The 47 Ronin - Japans Greatest Tale of Vengeance
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English - August 05, 2020 15:36 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 736 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This tremendous tale of samurai loyalty and honor goes by several names. It is usually referred to as the Akō jiken in Japan, translated as the Akō incident, or sometimes the Akō vendetta. It has been featured so prominently in Japanese literature and kabuki theater that it spawned its own genre - Chūshingura, or The Treasure of Loyal Retainers, that only includes fictional stories based on this historical event.