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An excellent new perspective to the tale of the 47 Ronin, from an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of judge life ] and [ a politician's hearing for interest." --The Brand New York Times Guide ReviewJapan, 1703. On a wintry evening, 47 the man is murdered by warriors in the heart of the scandal that transformed them from samurai into masterless ronin 2 yrs before. Obviously it was an act of vengeance--but why did they wait such a long time? And can there be any reason-they shouldn't instantly be requested to commit ritual suicide?Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his previous post since Many Honorable Investigator of  Events, Conditions, and People, has mere days to resolve the best mystery of samurai tale--while their own prospects hang in the total amount.