Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play.
Translated by Donald Keene.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.
Book Information : Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.
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Authors and Translator Information :
- Takeda Izumo II (1691 – 1756), Wikipedia.
- Miyoshi Shōraku (1696? - 1772?), The Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection, Columbia University Libraries.
- Namiki Sōsuke, also known as Namiki Senryū, (1695 – c.1751), Wikipedia. ~~~~~
- Donald Keene (1922 – 2019), Wikipedia.
- Professor Donald Keene, Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University.
- Donald Keene, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University.
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Wikipedia Articles :
- Kanadehon Chūshingura, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, 1748.
(The play in the book that is the subject of this post.) - Bunraku, a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre.
- Forty-seven rōnin, "The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin, also known as the Akō incident or Akō vendetta, is a historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their former master on 31 January 1703."
(The events dramatized in Chūshingura.) - Sengaku-ji Temple.
- Chūshingura, "the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin."
- Some film versions of Chūshingura, from the article Chūshingura :
- Chushingura, in two parts, 1939, directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, assistant director Akira Kurosawa.
- The 47 Ronin, 1941, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
- Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki, 1962, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.
- 47 Ronin, 2013, an American film with actor Keanu Reeves.
- Japanese literature: Edo-period literature (1603–1868).
- Theatre of Japan.
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Other Websites and Articles :
- Dr. Henry Smith, Chūshingura and the Samurai Trandition, Columbia University.
- Henry D. Smith II, "Rethinking the Story of the 47 Ronin: Chûshingura in the 1980s," Modern Japan Seminar, Columbia University, April 13, 1990.
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