PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
THE PECULIARITIES OF THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE.
THE PERIOD OF THE AKO VENDETTA.
THE TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE.
THE IMPERIAL COURT.
THE SAMURAI.
THE COMMON PEOPLE.
BUSHIDO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS.
“SEPPUKU.”
VENDETTA.
EARLY YEARS OF THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD.
THE “OTOKODATE.”
THE GENROKU PERIOD
THE MERCHANT CLASS.
THE PLEASURE-QUARTERS.
THE “CHUSHINGURA.”
THE ATTACK IN THE PALACE.
TAKUMI-NO-KAMI’S DEATH.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE REVENGE.
THE SUICIDE OF SANPEI.
AMANOYA RIHEI.
THE REVENGE.
THE CONCLUSION.
ACT I.
CHUSHINGURA
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ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
ACT V.
ACT VI.
ACT VII.
ACT VIII.
ACT IX.
ACT X.
ACT XI.
