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Martial Arts Books 47 Ronin. In the midst of 18th century Japan’s bewildering changes, eruptions of violence were not unknown. That they did not occur more often among the samurai was a tribute to the thoroughness of their training and their remarkable self-discipline, but even a samurai could be pushed too far. In 1701 in Edo, Lord Asano of Ako lashed out at a corrupt court official and set in motion a chain of events that terminated in one of the bloodiest vedettas in Japan’s feudal history. When it was over, Japan had a new set of heroes the forty-seven ronin, or ex-samurai, of Ako.