It was a snowing in Edo on the morning of the 14th day of the 12th month of the 15th year of the Genroku era (January 30, 1703 by the Western calendar). A ronin, or masterless samurai, named ...
In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that his feudal lord, Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori ...