Japanese warrior, Enya Hangan, whose death prompts his samurai to launch a vendetta in the Japanese tale Chushingura- the Forty Seven Faithful Retaine

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Japanese warrior, Enya Hangan, whose death prompts his samurai to launch a vendetta in the Japanese tale Chushingura- the Forty Seven Faithful Retainers. Image taken from Ehon Chushingura ('The Forty Seven Faithful Retainers'). Originally published in Japan, 1800.

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Keywords: asia, chushingura, dead, death, ehon, ethnicity, faithful, forty, historical, history, japan, japanese, nationality, people, retain