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Asano Naganori. Ukiyo-e depicting the assault by Asano Naganori on Kira Yoshinaka in the Matsu no Ōrōka of Edo Castle. Monument at the location of the Corridor of the Pines at the Tokyo Imperial Palace (formerly Edo Castle) Asano Naganori (浅野 長矩, September 28, 1667 – April 21, 1701) was the daimyō of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675 ...
Akō Castle. Mori Tadanori. Akō Domain (赤穂藩, Akō-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Akō Castle, which is located in what is now the city of Akō, Hyōgo. [1][2][3]
The final Asano daimyō of the Ako han was Asano Naganori. While he was in Edo, he was sentenced to commit seppuku for the offense of drawing a sword against Kira Yoshinaka in Edo Castle. When the shogunate abolished the Ako han, all the Ako samurai became rōnin. Ōishi Kuranosuke, the jōdai karō, led 46 other rōnin in a vendetta against Kira.
Forty-seven. rōnin. The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin (四十七士, Shijūshichishi), [2] also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, is an historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their master on 31 January 1703. [3] The incident has since become ...
List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period - Wikipedia. Oda Clan, Kiyosu Castle, Komakiyama Castle, Gifu Castle, Azuchi Castle. Takeda clan, Tsutsujigasaki Castle/Yōgaiyama Castle. Miyoshi clan, Akutagawayama Castle/ Later Iimoriyama Castle. Ukita clan, Otogo Castle, Numa Castle, Okayama Castle. Shimazu clan, Izaku Castle / Ichiuji Castle / Uchi ...
Daimyo. Daimyo (大名, daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] ⓘ) were powerful Japanese magnates, [1] feudal lords [2] who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to the emperor and the ...
3 November 1962. (1962-11-03) (Japan) Running time. 208 minutes [1] Country. Japan. Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻, Chushingura: Story of Flower, Story of Snow) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki epic film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho ...
Ōishi Yoshio (大石 良雄, 24 April 1659 – 20 March 1703) was the chamberlain (karō) of the Akō Domain in Harima Province (now Hyōgo Prefecture), Japan (1679 - 1701). He is known as the leader of the Forty-seven Rōnin in their 1703 vendetta and thus the hero of the Chūshingura. [1] He is often referred to by his pseudonym (kemyō ...