Transcriber's Notes
- Footnotes have been renumbered and placed at the end of the Introduction and the end of each Act.
- Vertical and horizontal Japanese text on the publisher/author page has been converted to left-to-right horizontal text. All other horizontal text retains its original reading order.
- Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text. For a complete list, please see [the bottom of this document].
Transcribers Note: The frontispiece image is a large wood-block fold-out by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 國芳) attached to the inside cover of the book. The Japanese text is ‘The Treasury of Loyal Retainers: The Faithful Ronin Withdraw to Takanawa (忠臣蔵義士高輪引取之図). It has no English caption.
CHUSHINGURA,
OR, THE
TREASURY OF LOYAL RETAINERS
BY
TAKEDA IZUMO,
MIYOSHI SHORAKU, and NAMIKI SENRYU