s.l. [Honjoku Midoricho - Tokyo), [Arakawa Kichigoro?], s.d. [circa 1880], 2 part of the second volume only, in-8 (22 x 15,5 cm or 8.66 x 6.10 inches), 24 leaves of japan paper of which 13 engravings, wrappers with supple boards with stamped geometrical and flower designs coverred with blue paper, paper title .
Kanadehon Chushingura, popularly known as The Revenge of the 47 Ronin, is the name of a drama that immortalized historic events from the early 18th century. The story became also one of the major themes of ukiyo-e - Japanese woodblock prints and is the most popular play in kabuki and the Bunraku puppet theater, and is performed regularly in both. On the snowy night of January 30, 1703, in an incident known as the Ako vendetta, forty-six samurai burst into the mansion of the man responsible for the death of their former master, Asano Naganori, the lord of Ako. Their intended victim, Kira Yoshinaka, was a powerful noble and an important retainer of the imperial household. After refusing the opportunity to die by his own hand, Kira was killed with the same dagger Asano had used to commit seppuku, and then beheaded. .