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Japanese military personnel who committed suicide: Samurai who committed suicide, Forty-seven Ronin, Nogi Maresuke, Chichi Nagumo, Yukio Seki
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Paperback. Books LLC, Wiki Series 2011-06-25.
ISBN 9781156142943
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Samurai who committed suicide, Forty-seven Ronin, Nogi Maresuke, Ch?ichi Nagumo, Yukio Seki, Kiyoshi Ogawa, Kakuji Kakuta, Minoru ?ta, Hataz? Adachi, Takijir? ?nishi, Hajime Sugiyama, Korechika Anami, Mitsuru Ushijima, Shizuichi Tanaka, Nitta Yoshisada, Rikichi And?, Shigeru Honj?, Isamu Ch?, Yoshitsugu Sait?, Michitar? Komatsubara, Watanabe Kazan, H?j? Ujimasa, Jir? Shiizaki, Kenji Hatanaka, Chikahiko Koizumi, Amago Katsuhisa, End? Motonobu, Shinoda Gisabur?, Yakushiji Motoichi, Aiura Nagato, Akechi Mitsuyoshi. Excerpt: The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin Shi-j? Shichi-shi), also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak? vendetta, or the Genroku Ak? incident Genroku ak? jiken) took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century. One noted Japanese scholar described the tale as the country's "national legend." It recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushid?. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was K?zuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for two years to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. With much embellishment, this true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that all good people should preserve in their daily lives. The popularity of the almost mythical tale was only enhanced by rapid modernization during the Meiji era of Japanese history, when it is suggested many people in Japan longed for a return to their cultural roots. Fictionalized accounts of these events are known as Ch?shingura. The st
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