The Forty-Seven Ronin: The Vendetta in History

ISBN-13: 9781107480759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 332 str.

John Tucker

Opis

The first comprehensive historical study of one of the most famous events in Japanese history: the Forty-seven Ronin vendetta.S

Recenzje

'Few stories from Japan are more powerful, more provocative, or more elastic than that of the heroic (or villainous) Forty-Seven Rōnin. Tucker's exegesis is a masterful engagement with this classic tale, its myriad interpretations, and its various forms of social and cultural impact. With characteristic sensitivity and impressive scholarship, Tucker develops the central concept of vendetta into a force of historical richness and importance.' Chris Goto-Jones, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Spis treści

Introduction: vendetta overview; 1. Time and place; 2. Eyewitnesses to bloodshed; 3. Rōnin schisms; 4. Laying souls to rest; 5. Confucian versus Confucian debates; 6. Confucian versus Confucian, round two; 7. History on stage; 8. Domestic, foreign, and anti-foreign reflections; 9. Modern revivals; 10. The vendetta through 1945; 11. Domesticating the vendetta.