Rethinking the Akō Ronin Debate: The Religious Significance of Chūshin gishi
This paper suggests that the Tokugawa Confucian debate over the Akō revenge vendetta was, in part, a religious debate over the posthumous status of the forty-six ronin who murdered Lord Kira Yoshinaka as an act of revenge for the sake of their deceased master, Asano Naganori. At issue in the debate...
| Published in: | Japanese journal of religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[1999]
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| In: |
Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Righteousness B Sacrifices B Morality B Deities B Religious Studies B Samurai B Anthologies B Religious Ethics B Revenge |
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