Forty-seven Ronin incident

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The Forty-seven Ronin incident is a famous early 18th-century Japanese tale of samurai loyalty and revenge, in which a group of masterless warriors avenged their lord’s forced seppuku before themselves facing execution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Edo-period incident ⓘ
Japanese cultural legend ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
samurai revenge tale ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Akō incident ⓘ
Akō vendetta ⓘ
Chūshingura (in dramatized form) ⓘ
burialPlace Sengaku-ji temple ⓘ
linked to: Sengaku-ji Temple
commemoratedOn December 14 (traditional observances at Sengaku-ji) ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endTime 1703 ⓘ
follows conflict between Asano Naganori and Kira Yoshinaka ⓘ
genre jidaigeki source story ⓘ
hasCause insult and provocation of Asano Naganori by Kira Yoshinaka ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequent subject of Japanese literature ⓘ
frequent subject of bunraku puppet plays ⓘ
frequent subject of films ⓘ
frequent subject of kabuki theatre ⓘ
symbol of samurai loyalty in Japan ⓘ
hasEffect confiscation of Akō Domain ⓘ
execution by seppuku of Asano Naganori ⓘ
ronin status of Asano retainers ⓘ
hasPart attack on Kira Yoshinaka’s mansion ⓘ
forced seppuku of Asano Naganori ⓘ
seppuku of the forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
historicalStatus based on real events ⓘ
legalConsequence shogunate-ordered seppuku of the rōnin ⓘ
locatedIn Akō Domain ⓘ
Edo ⓘ
mainSubject bushidō ⓘ
honor ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
memorializedBy graves and statues at Sengaku-ji ⓘ
moralTheme conflict between loyalty and law ⓘ
duty to lord versus duty to shogunate ⓘ
numberOfParticipants 47 rōnin ⓘ
outcome death of Kira Yoshinaka ⓘ
ordered seppuku of the forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
participant Asano Naganori ⓘ
Kira Yoshinaka ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
Ōishi Yoshio ⓘ
linked to: Ōishi
relatedWork Chūshingura bunraku plays ⓘ
Chūshingura kabuki plays ⓘ
significantEvent raid on Kira residence in Edo ⓘ
startTime 1701 ⓘ
timePeriod Edo period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ako → associatedWithEvent → Forty-seven Ronin incident ⓘ
Sengaku-ji → hasGraveOf → Forty-seven Rōnin ⓘ
subject linked to: Sengaku-ji Temple
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Sengaku-ji → commemoratesEvent → Forty-seven Rōnin revenge of 1702 ⓘ
subject linked to: Sengaku-ji Temple
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Kai → fightsAlongside → the forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Ōishi → leaderOf → Forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Ōishi → partOf → Forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Ōishi → category → Forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Asano clan → knownFor → Forty-seven rōnin incident ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Asano clan → associatedGroup → Forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident
Ako Gishi Shrine → dedicatedTo → Forty-seven rōnin ⓘ
linked to: Forty-seven Ronin incident