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The League of the 47 Ronin

(仮名手本忠臣蔵) (Kanadehon Chūshingura)

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First Staged: 1748
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 197, December 1981; Bunraku December 1976, January 1985 Performance Programs

Written By: Takeda Izumo, II (竹田出雲) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Namiki Senryū (See also Namiki Namiki Sōsuke) (並木千柳)

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