Chushingura (The Treasure of Loyal Retainers) / act03-kanade-04



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Honzô stops Hangan from killing Kô no Moronao.

Source: Thomas Immoos, Japanese Theatre (Studio Vista London, Cassell & Collier Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 1974)

 

Source: Thomas Immoos, Japanese Theatre (Studio Vista London, Cassell & Collier Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 1974)

Source: Thomas Immoos, Japanese Theatre (Studio Vista London, Cassell & Collier Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 1974)

Source: Thomas Immoos, Japanese Theatre (Studio Vista London, Cassell & Collier Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 1974)

Chushingura The Forty-seven Loyal Samurai Act III This piece, also known under the name of the History of the Forty-seven Ronins, is one of the most highly esteemed of all Kabuki plays. It was written in 1748. In the pine chamber of the imperial palace,