On March 14, 1701, Takuminokami Asano, the lord of Ako Castle, spitefully wielded his sword on Kozukenosuke Kira in the Matsu Corridor of Edo Castle. Although both parties should have been punished for fighting in the warrior society of the times, then Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa found Kozukenosuke Kira innocent but ordered Takuminokami Asano to commit seppuku on that same day. On December 14 the following year, the Asano clan 47 retainers raided the Kira mansion, turned themselves in, and received the judgment to commit seppuku. Sacrificing their lives and avenging the injustice of the government, they became nationally famous as the Ako loyal samurai-Hyogo tourismKura Papercraft
