Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) retells the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori.
This book presents the history of the event and a new translation of the play about one of the most familiar of all historical stories in Japan.

Shoraku Miyoshi (1696-1772) was a Japanese writer, most famous for his work Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers).