TY - BOOK ID - 85465714 TI - The Forty-Seven Ronin : The Vendetta in History PY - 2018 SN - 1316156648 1108614388 1108622569 1107096871 1107480752 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Forty-seven Rōnin. KW - Forty-seven Rōnin in literature. KW - Japan KW - History KW - Akō gishi KW - Akō rōshi KW - Chūshingura Incident, 1703 KW - Rōnin KW - Vendetta UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85465714 AB - The Forty-Seven Rōnin vendetta is one of the most famous incidents in Japanese history, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. John A. Tucker seeks to provide a credible account of the vendetta and its afterlife in history. He suggests that, when considered historically and holistically, the vendetta appears as a site of contested cultural ground, with conflicts, disagreements, and debates characterizing its three-century history far more than cultural unanimity about its values, virtues, and icons. Tucker narrates the incident as the historical event that it was, within the context of Tokugawa social, political, cultural, and spiritual history, before exploring the vendetta as conflicted cultural ground, generating a steady flow of essays, novels, plays, and ideologically driven expressions intrinsic to the course of Japanese history. This engaging, accessible study provides insights into ways in which events and debates from early modern history have continued to inform developments in modern Japan. ER -