Season 11, Episode 9: The Righteous Reign of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
A portrait of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, one of the longest-reigning shoguns during the early Edo Period. Source: Public Domain
A portrait of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi’s mother, known by her Buddhist name Keshoin. Source: Public Domain
An ink drawing of the Nakano Inugoya Dog Shelters. Such kennel facilities were built by the order of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi to give dogs happy, comfortable lives. Source: Public Domain
A portrait of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. Originally the shogun’s lover, he became the most powerful soba-yonin (chamberlain) of Tsunayoshi’s later reign. Source: Public Domain
Portraits of forty-five of the forty-seven ronin created by Utagawa Yoshitora. Source: Public Domain
An Ukiyo-e painting of the attack of the forty-seven ronin. Source: Public Domain
Another painting of the attack on Kira Yoshinaka’s mansion. Source: Public Domain
A later painting of the forty-seven ronin with Kira Yoshinaka’s head in a bag ready to be presented to their late master’s grave. Source: Public Domain
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