Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, " If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?

Forty-seven of the fifty players were later assembled in Cleveland, Ohio, during the halftime ceremony of the 1997 All-Star Game.

On March 14, 1701, Asano Takumi no Kami Naganori attacked and injured Kira Kozuke no Suke Yoshihisa after an insult there, which later led to the bloody incident of the Forty-seven Ronin.

Forty-seven noble leaders of the insurrection were tried, and twenty-seven were executed on what is called " the Day of Blood " by Protestants at Prague's Old Town Square.

There is also a comparison of the characters to the Forty-seven ronin.

" The answer obviously is: then the Forty-seven Ronin would have lost their only chance at avenging their master.

This is why Yamamoto and others claim that the tale of the Forty-seven Ronin is a good story of revenge — but by no means a story of bushido.

The Forty-seven Ronin are one of the most popular themes in woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e ; the list of artists who have done prints portraying either the original events, or scenes from the play, or the actors, is a Who's Who of woodblock artists.

* Lucia St. Clair Robson's historical fiction novel The Tokaido Road is adapted from the tale of the Forty-seven Ronin.

Forty-seven is the fifteenth prime number, a safe prime, the thirteenth supersingular prime, and the sixth Lucas prime.

Forty-seven is a highly cototient number.

Forty-seven is a strictly non-palindromic number.

About 150 – 160 meters north of the Fujimi-yagura is the former site of the Matsu no Ōrōka corridor, scene of dramatic events in 1701 that led to the Forty-seven Ronin incident.

He is known as the leader of the Forty-seven Ronin in their 1702 vendetta and thus the hero of the Chūshingura.

Besides his work for television, he is best known for his screenplays for Hotaru ( 2001 ) and Shijushichinin no shikaku, Kon Ichikawa's 1994 version of the Forty-seven Ronin story.

" The review points out that the amount of historical detail given in the film is likely to alienate audiences who are not familiar with the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

The story, a fictionalized account of true events, is set in the time of the Forty-seven Ronin, with a Robin Hood-like fictional character.

The Asano name is perhaps most well known as a result of the story of the Forty-seven Ronin, whose lord was Asano Naganori, the head of a branch of the family enfeoffed at Ako ( Harima Province, 53, 000 koku ).

Forty-seven days after his arrival, he and three others organized a Swedish Baptist church in Rock Island, Illinois.

As a young man he was said to be an avid reader, and especially liked the stories of the Forty-seven Ronin and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Some viewed him as a man of immediate action due to some of his quotes, and in the Hagakure he criticized the carefully planned Akō vendetta of the Forty-seven Ronin ( a major event in his lifetime ) for its delayed response.

# ... a paper which the Forty-seven Rǒnin laid upon the tomb of their master, together with the head of Kira Kôtsuké no Suké.

Forty-seven percent of the population of Brighton drive alone to work and 36 % use mass transit, compared with 71 % and 2 % for the United States as a whole.

There he met Ernest Satow and wrote Tales of Old Japan ( 1871 )-a book credited with making such classical Japanese tales as the " Forty-seven Ronin " first known to a wide Western public.

Dr. and Mrs. Whitman were killed along with eleven others ; Forty-seven other mission residents were taken hostage.

Here, the wife of Onodera Junai, one of the Forty-seven Ronin, prepares for her suicide ; note the legs tied together, a female feature of seppuku to ensure a " decent " posture in death

The wife of Onodera Junai, one of the Forty-seven Ronin, prepares for her suicide.

Forty-seven states assign or provide vehicles for employees on state business.

" Forty-seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters.

Forty-seven bimonthly issues from Different Worlds were published.

* 1703 – In Edo ( now Tokyo ), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku ( ritual suicide ) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

* 1703 – The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.

* 1702: Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.

* January 30 ( December 14 of previous year in the Chinese calendar ) – In Japan, the revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin occurs, assassinating Daimyo Kira Yoshinaka, the enemy of their former lord Asano Naganori, at his own mansion as a vengeance.

" Forty-seven complete or partial skulls were discovered in just that area during the decade 2000 – 2010.

Forty-seven people, of which 42 were passengers, were killed, many by drowning, others by fire.

The revenge of the, also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or the took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century.

Mitford invited his readers to construe his story of the Forty-seven Ronin as historically accurate ; and while his version of the tale has long been considered a standard work, some of its precise details are now questioned.

Two of the Forty-seven Ronin: Horibe Yahei and his adopted son, Horibe Yasubei.

The tragedy of the Forty-seven Ronin has been one of the most popular themes in Japanese art, and has lately even begun to make its way into Western art.

Many Japanese television shows, including single programs, short series, single seasons, and even year-long series such as Daichūshingura and the more recent NHK Taiga drama Genroku Ryōran, recount the events of the Forty-seven Ronin.

Forty-seven such XX calls were issued during the revolt, causing heavy losses to the rebels.

As a result of his leadership in the Forty-seven Ronin affair, Oishi went down in history as the most famous of all karō.