Chushingura(first performed 1748)

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a bunraku master with a female puppet

Just the Facts:

• Name: Chushingura
• Also known as: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
• Dates: first performed 1748
• Place: Japan
• Language: Japanese
• What it was: a Bunraku (puppet play) about the "47 Ronin," by Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shôraku, and Namiki Senryû

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