Ako Castle Ruin 2009 10 21

Photographed 10 21 2009 EOS 400 D SLR Camera. Ako Castle. The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or the Genroku Akō incident took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century. One noted Japanese scholar described the tale as the country's "national legend. It recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honour, bushidō. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless becoming Ronin after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka whose title was Kōzuke no suke The Ronin avenged their master's honour after patiently waiting and planning for two years to kill Kira. In turn, the Ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.