 That type of devotion is hard to contest as something other than being a "chūshin gishi".The puppet play based on these events was entitled "Kanadehon Chūshingura" and written by Takeda Izumo (1691–1756), Miyoshi Shōraku (c. 1696 – 1772) and Namiki Senryū (1695 – c. 1751).It was first performed in August 1748 at the Takemoto-za theatre in the Dōtonbori entertainment district in Osaka, and an almost identical kabuki adaptation appeared later that year.