John Allyn
Auteur de The Forty-Seven Ronin Story
Œuvres de John Allyn
Kon Ichikawa: A Guide to References and Resources (Reference Publication in Film) (1985) 1 exemplaire
A sermon, delivered at Plimouth, December 22, 1801 1 exemplaire
The Christian monitor : a religious periodical work 1 exemplaire
A Sermon Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1801, Commemorative of the Pious Ancestry Who first Immigrated to That… 1 exemplaire
The Flesh and the Spirit, a Sermon upon Romas vii:18-25, Preached at Hanover, October 30, 1799 1 exemplaire
Povestea celor 47 de ronini 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Pays (pour la carte)
- United States of America
Membres
Critiques
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 410
- Popularité
- #59,368
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 21
- Langues
- 5
Here at last is an entertaining account in English of the historical mass seppuku (disembowelment) of the forty-seven ronin, or masterless samurai, shortly after the turn of the 18th century in the feudal Tokugawa days of old Japan.
The forty-seven ronin were ordered to commit seppuku for their vindictive slaying of a corrupt court official whom they held utlimately responsible for bringing about the death of their master, Lord Asano. Asano was the brash young daimyo from the country whose ignorance of and unfamiliarity with the changing ways of the Edo court led not only to his own seppuku but also to the complete ruin and dissemination of his family and clan.
Though based on an actual incident, many details have been lost to history, and, as a result, several versions of the forty-seven ronin story have been told. But the fact remains that they were given the death penalty for their deed, which,at the time,so embodied the Japanese's ideals of the noble samurai's devotion to his lord that the forty-seven ronin were enshrined at Sengaku Temple beside their beloved master. Thus came to a dramatic close the final chapter of what has been acclaimed the most famous vendetta in the annals of Japan.
John Allyn is a film and music editor in the motion picture and television industries and also a writer/director of industrial films in the aerospace field.
Mr. Allyn attended the Army Specialized Trainning Program at Stanford University in 1944, majoring in the Japanese language, and also attended the Army Intaensive Japanese Language Schkool at teh University of Michigan in 1945, receiving a B.A. degree from the latter. During the first four years of the U.S. occupation of Japan, he worked as Pictorial Censor of the Civil Censorship Detachmante of G2, SCAP, in Osaka and Tokyo. After his return to the United States he entered UCLA in Los Angeles from where he received his master's degree in Theater Arts in 1951.
He is currently working toward a Ph.D degree in Theater History at UCLA, specializing in the modern Japanese theater. In addition to The Forty-Seven Ronin Story, Mr. Allyn is now preparing "The History of Modern Theater in Japan." He was born in Los Angeles where he now lives with his wife.… (plus d'informations)