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It was during this period that the British minister, visiting Kioto, a concession jealously resisted by conservative Japanese spirit, was set upon by some ronins while on his way to pay an official call.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

The affair of the forty-seven ronins helped to bring into eminence the name of Yamaga Soko, a firm believer in Confucianism and an ardent follower of military science.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

There, I fancy, religious "ronins" are common enough.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

The Satsuma yashiki, which was occupied by troops of that clan and by ronins favorable to them was surrounded by Tokugawa troops and burnt.

From Japan by Murray, David

Letters shall be despatched forthwith to the effect that 'twas a false alarm, bred of mischief and malice,--that the ronins may be disbanded, the men returned to their homes.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis