A. B. Mitford (Lord Redesdale), Tales of Old Japan (1871; reprinted Charles E. Tuttle, 1982) - a classic even without story of the Ronin
John Allyn, The Forty-Seven Ronin Story (Charles E. Tuttle, 1981)
Hiroaki Sato, Legends of the Samurai (Overlook Press, 1995) - contains a number of original documents, including a fascinating account by an eyewitness to the arrest, trial and execution of Asano
Frederick V. Dickens, Chushingura, or The Loyal League (1876; reprinted Glasgow, 1930)
Donald Keene, Chushingura: A Puppet Play (Columbia University, 1971)
Basil Steward, Subjects Portrayed in Japanese Colour-Prints (1922, reprinted Dover, 1979) - has seven chapters on the history of the depiction of the Ronin in prints
B. W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior Prints (Cornell University, 1982) - lists all the Kuniyoshi Ronin prints
David R. Weinberg, Alfred H. Marks, Kuniyoshi: The Faithful Samurai (Hotei, Leiden, 2000) - large illustrations of all of Kuniyoshi's most famous Ronin series, along with translations of the lengthy biographical notes on each of the Ronin printed on each print
