The 47 Ronin
A Graphic Novel
Comics & Graphic Novels, Manga, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Sports, Martial Arts & Self Defence, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Eastern
| Author: | Sean Michael Wilson | ISBN: | 9780834829565 |
| Publisher: | Shambhala | Publication: | November 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Shambhala | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sean Michael Wilson |
| ISBN: | 9780834829565 |
| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Publication: | November 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Shambhala |
| Language: | English |
Here is the first historically accurate graphic-novel version of a legendary event in Japanese history. In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot involving over two years of secrecy. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samurai all committed ritual suicide. The story, which is a national legend, remains a most potent example of Japan’s deeply rooted cultural imperatives of honor, persistence, loyalty, and sacrifice, and of bushido—the samurai code.
Here is the first historically accurate graphic-novel version of a legendary event in Japanese history. In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot involving over two years of secrecy. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samurai all committed ritual suicide. The story, which is a national legend, remains a most potent example of Japan’s deeply rooted cultural imperatives of honor, persistence, loyalty, and sacrifice, and of bushido—the samurai code.
