Problem
Voices of Early Modern Japan Chapter 25, and "Forty Seven Royal Samurai,"
1. Why do you think it was important in samurai society for a samurai to carry out a revenge killing? How was this practiced encouraged?
2. The author of the selected article "Forty Seven Royal Samurai" depicted about Yamamoto Tsunetomo's opinion who wrote Hagakure (p.177-178). What was Yamamoto's opinion for Ako samurai. Do you agree with Yamamoto's philosophy?