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Entrance to the grounds and graves of the 47 Ronin, Tokyo, Japan (hand-coloured b/w photo)

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TBM1772509
Image title
Entrance to the grounds and graves of the 47 Ronin, Tokyo, Japan (hand-coloured b/w photo)
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Japanese Photographer, (19th century) / Japanese
Location
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Medium
hand-coloured black and white photograph
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The 47 ronin entered legend after their master Asano Naganori was compelled to commit ritual suicide for assaulting a court official, Kira Yoshinaka. The leaderless samurai avenged their master by killing Kira, and then they too were obliged to kill themselves for committing murder.

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Photo © Brooklyn Museum / Bridgeman Images
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Asia / Japan / grounds / east asia / forty-seven / entrance / man / men / grave / samurai / east asian / tokyo / photography / tombs / vintage / graves / male / japanese / tomb / eastern / Genroku Akō incident / ronin / Akō vendetta / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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Medium 1024 × 850 px 87 × 72 mm 1.2 MB

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