![]() ![]() While sources do differ as to some of the details, the version given below is carefully assembled from a large range of historical sources, including some still-extant eye-witness accounts of various portions of the saga. ![]() ![]() While the version given by the playwrights may have come to be accepted as historical fact by some, the Chushingura was written some 50 years after the fact, and numerous historical records about the actual events which pre-date the Chushingura survive. The names given in the account below are those of the real people.įurthermore, those works are dramatic, without pretense to historical accuracy, and the most popular (the Chushingura) takes numerous liberties with the events. Note: The story was popularized in numerous plays including bunraku and kabuki in them, because of the censorship laws of the shogunate which forbade portrayal of current events, the names were changed. In the meantime the entire section describing the historical events should not be relied on, as it contains major errors. A major re-write of the article is in preparation. NOTE: The version given here is based upon Mitford, which is now known to contain numerous historical errors. ![]()
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