forty-seven Ronin

The tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin, also known as the Forty-Seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, the , or the , is a prototypical Japanese story. Described by one noted Japan scholar as the country's "national legend,"[1] it recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, Bushidō. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (became ronin) after their daimyo-master was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no Suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku—as they had known they would be—for committing the crime of murder. With little 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 many people in Japan longed for a return to their cultural roots.
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L'histoire des 47 rōnin (aussi connu sous le nom de 47 samouraïs, ou la « vendetta d'Akō », ou en japonais « Akō rōshi » (赤穂浪士) ou encore « genroku akō jiken » (元禄赤穂事件)) est le prototype de l'histoire japonaise classique. Elle est décrite dans les manuels d'histoire japonais comme une « légende nationale » où les 47 rōnin sont aussi appelés les 47 gishi ou Akô gishi.
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Die Geschichte der 47 Ronin (jap. , Ako Roshi, dt. „die Ronin aus Ako“) ist ein in Japan sehr berühmtes Ereignis, bei dem 47 Krieger den Tod ihres Herrn rächten. Die Ereignisse gelten als vorbildliches Beispiel für die bedingungslose Treue der Samurai (der Ausdruck Ronin bezeichnet einen herrenlosen Samurai) und werden teils zu den Nationalmythen Japans gezählt.
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Storia Nel X secolo il termine ronin andava a indicare i contadini che per evitare tasse troppo onerose abbandonavano le loro terre per trasferirsi in regioni non ancore sottomesse dall'autorità o dai monasteri buddisti.I Quarantasette Ronin erano un gruppo di samurai al servizio di Asano Naganori, rimasti senza padrone (e quindi divenuti ronin), dopo che il loro daimyo venne costretto a commettere seppuku (il suicidio rituale giapponese) per aver assalito il maestro di protocollo dello Shogun, Kira Yoshinaka, che lo aveva insultato.
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«Месть Ако», «Сорок семь ронинов» (, букв. «Странствующие самураи из Ако»); реже — «Сорок семь самураев») — японское народное предание, повествующее о мести сорока семи бывших самураев за смерть своего господина.
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