Chiushingura, or, The loyal league
Subtitle: a Japanese romance ; with notes and an appendix containing a metrical version of the ballad of Takasago, and a specimen of the original text in the Japanese character
By: translated by Frederick V. Dickins ; illustrated by numerous engravings on wood, drawn and executed by Japanese artists, and printed on Japanese paper
Contributors: Dickins, F. Victor (Frederick Victor), 1838-1915
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Allen
Published: 1880
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Forty-seven Rōnin; Fiction; History; Quarante-sept rōnin; Romans, nouvelles; Histoire
Other titles: Ballad of Takasago.
Work titles: Kanadehon Chūshingura
Notes: The Chiushingura is, or at least was, one of the most popular and best-known romances in Japan ... the main object of the tale being to glorify 'chiushin' or loyal-heartedness, the supreme virtue of the Bushi class under the old order of things that passed away with the year 1868 -- Translator's note.

The translation is made partly from the text of the abbreviated form in which the story is moe commonly met with, but mainly from that of the 'jôruri' (or musical romance) in which the tale is amplified and adapted for theatrical recitation -- -- Translator's note.

Written by Izumo Takeda.