hist 6-01 final

Korea

Goryeo (Koryo) period

Contains 80,000 blocks of Buddhist teachings

Tokugawa Period

Lord Asano is a daimyo, who, while during his stay in Edo, attacked court official Kira and was sentenced to commit seppaku

The samurai of Lord Asano’s domain now become ronin, masterless samurai, and vow to get revenge on Lord Kira

The 47 ronin are lead by Oishi to exact their revenge on Kira, beheading him with the same sword that Asano died by

After having killed Kira, all samurai were subject to commit seppaku as opposed to being killed