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Anyone who has seen a Chushingura movie should recognize this. Here is the real deal--on display at the Oishi Shrine museum on the grounds of Ako castle. Photo taken in January 2007. Photo courtesy of the Obenjo Kusanosuke Collection.
Anyone who has seen a Chushingura movie should recognize this. Here is the real deal--on display at the Oishi Shrine museum on the grounds of Ako castle. Photo taken in January 2007. Photo courtesy of the Obenjo Kusanosuke Collection.