Forty-Seven Ronin versus just a single Kira Yoshinaka sounds very unfair. And it was, but for good reason. This is one of the most famous episodes in Japanese history. How did it begin?
On December 14th, a nobleman which they call Asano Naganori, lord of Ako, was chosen to help carry out tasks at the shogun’s court in Edo. Kira Yoshinaka was very rude to Asano, therefor Asano lost his temper, drew his sword on Yoshinaka, and attacked him. Asano was immediately ordered to commit suicide which he did. He was then buried in a temple outside of Edo.
This was only the start of this feud, the forty-seven samurai of Asano’s decided that their code of honor forced them to take revenge on Kira Yoshinaka. They did not get revenge right away, they waited