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Young Japanese entertainers pose as feudal warlords

OSAKA, Japan - Members of the "Osaka Ronin 5" youth group -- four actors and one female TV personality -- pose as feudal warlords such as Sanada Yukimura (C) in Osaka, western Japan, on June 11, 2014.

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Fans of 47 ronin mark 300th anniversary of vengeance

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo sekiwake Terao (C, front), dressed as ronin Oishi Kuranosuke, leads a parade in Tokyo's Ginza district Dec. 14 to mark the 300th anniversary of the vengeance of Oishi and 46 other ronin. In 1702, the 47 avenged the death of their lord, who was ordered to kill himself for drawing his sword in the shogun's palace.

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Tokyo monument showing where feudal lord Asano died

This is the monument in Tokyo's Shimbashi District, taken on March 28, 2015, showing the former site of a samurai palace where feudal lord Asanotakuminokami ended his life by committing hara-kiri in 1701, triggering the famous vendetta carried out by his retainers known as the "47 Ronin of Ako." The "kanji" characters engraved on the monument mean "This is the place where Asanotakuminokami ended his life." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Japanese entertainers pose as feudal warlords

OSAKA, Japan - Members of the "Osaka Ronin 5" youth group -- four actors and one female TV personality -- pose as feudal warlords such as Sanada Yukimura (C) in Osaka, western Japan, on June 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Fans of 47 ronin mark 300th anniversary of vengeance

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo sekiwake Terao (C, front), dressed as ronin Oishi Kuranosuke, leads a parade in Tokyo's Ginza district Dec. 14 to mark the 300th anniversary of the vengeance of Oishi and 46 other ronin. In 1702, the 47 avenged the death of their lord, who was ordered to kill himself for drawing his sword in the shogun's palace. (Kyodo)