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Old temple near Shinagawa Station where the 47 ronin are buried. The story of their avenging the cruel death of their lord, Asano Takimi, and subsequent group suicide is one of Japan's most loved children's stories. it has been immortalized in Kabuki plays and popular literature and movies.

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