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The 47 Ronin Story (Paperback)

by John Allyn (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (31 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0804838275
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804838276
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 325,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Loyalty dwarfs all other moral obligations, 4 Aug 2007
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This book is a credible modern version of the Japanese saga of the 47 ronin (ex-samurai), for whom honor and loyalty to their master were the prime sense of their life.
When their master is slain because he fights against corruption (high taxes, briberies) and silly laws (the `Life Preservation Laws' of the Shogun, making animals more privileged than human beings), their only life goal becomes revenge, `bringing peace to their master's soul', because `a samurai cannot live under the same sky as the slayer of his lord'. But at the end only 47 of his former soldiers remain loyal to their cause and will try to seek revenge for their master's execution.

This book doesn't attain the high standards of well-known Japanese classics (e.g., The Tales of Genji) and flirts sometimes with melodrama. But it is a worth-while read.
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