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Many other rōnin became criminals, operating as bandits and highwaymen, or joining organized crime in towns and cities. Rōnin were known to operate or serve as hired muscle for gangs that ran gambling rings, brothels, protection rackets, and similar activities. Many were petty thieves and muggers.
Now adapted into contemporary Japanese slang, a rōnin (浪人) is a student who has graduated from middle school or high school but has failed to achieve admission to a desired school or even any school at the next level, and consequently is studying outside of the school system for admission in the next year.
46 rōnin sentenced to ritual suicide on 4 February 1703, with 1 pardoned The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin ( 四十七士 , Shijūshichishi ) , [ 2 ] also known as the Akō incident ( 赤穂事件 , Akō jiken ) or Akō vendetta , was a historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai ) avenged the death of their ...
Forty-seven rōnin (disambiguation) 5 Ronin, comic book limited series; Green Ronin Publishing, a role-playing game publisher; Ronin Arts, a role-playing game company; Ronin Network, an Ethereum sidechain
Junior high school students and high school seniors are known to attend [14] [15] after their regular school hours and on Sundays [16] but most students are rōnin, high school graduates who have failed the college entrance exam and are preparing to take it again. [17] [18] As rōnin students, they attend yobikō classes full-time. [19]
Chūshingura (忠臣蔵, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori.
Though brash and impulsive, he is kind, loyal, and determined. He is the first of the five rōnin to arrive in Shinjuku during the Evil Dynasty's first invasion, having arrived with his companion, the white tiger White Blaze (白炎, Byakuen), shortly before the attack, and the first to be rescued by Mia and Ully after their siege on Talpa's ...
Rise of the Rōnin [b] is a 2024 action-role playing game developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5 and by Koei Tecmo on Windows. It is the third collaboration between Sony and Koei Tecmo after Nioh and its sequel. Upon release, it received generally positive reviews from critics.