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What is the 47 ronin

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The event is known in Japan as the Akō incident sometimes also referred to as the Akō vendetta. The participants in the revenge are called the Akō-rōshi in Japanese, and are usually referred to as the "Forty-seven Rōnin" or "Forty-seven leaderless samurai" in English. Literary accounts of the events are known as the Chūshingura.

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