Bassett, Jennifer,
47 Ronin : a Samurai story from Japan / Forty-seven Ronin. [adapted by] Jennifer Bassett ; illustrated by Dragon76. - viii, 56 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms. True stories ; Stage 1 .
Includes activities for before, while and after reading.
"When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Lord Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made them famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the forty-seven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013."--Cover.
9780194786126 (Book) 0194786129 (Book)
2014501339
Forty-seven Rōnin
Readers (Secondary)
Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Yōkai (Japanese folklore)--Juvenile literature.
Samurai--Juvenile literature.
Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Juvenile literature.
428.6 BAS
47 Ronin : a Samurai story from Japan / Forty-seven Ronin. [adapted by] Jennifer Bassett ; illustrated by Dragon76. - viii, 56 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms. True stories ; Stage 1 .
Includes activities for before, while and after reading.
"When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Lord Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made them famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the forty-seven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013."--Cover.
9780194786126 (Book) 0194786129 (Book)
2014501339
Forty-seven Rōnin
Readers (Secondary)
Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Yōkai (Japanese folklore)--Juvenile literature.
Samurai--Juvenile literature.
Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Juvenile literature.
428.6 BAS