Their ideals, which had once distinguished the samurai class, had been all but forgotten. On January 30, 1703, however, the forty-six ronin (masterless samurai) and their "sudden dramatic gesture came as a heartening reminder of what being a samurai had once meant" (Keene 2). Chushingura tells the story of the forty-six ronin, led by Oboshi Yuranosuke, who avenge the death of their lord Enya Hangan by attacking the mansion of general Ko no Moronao who had provoked and ultimately caused their lord to commit seppuku (the ritual suicide of the samurai)...
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It is a story full of examples of true samurai loyalty to their masters and the accepted ideal of feminine virtue in samurai society. Yuranosuke is without a doubt the protagonist of the play and is the personification of a samurai's loyalty to his lord. Kakogawa Honzo Yukikuni's loyalty to his master, Momonoi Wakanosuke Yasuchika, is also noteworthy, if made slightly less admirable for its prudent and calculated nature...
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