Chushingura Author:Takeda Izuma, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Senryu, Donald Keene (Translator) Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perennially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written in the eighteenth century as a puppet play, it is now best known through Kabuki theater performances.This edition includes a new preface, introduction, a... more »nd notes.« less