How long does it take to read Chūshingura?
(The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
Izumo et. al. Takeda, Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku
Chūshingura by Izumo et. al. Takeda, Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1875. 175 pages, about 48,125 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Puppet Play, Translated by Donald Keene; Prepared for the Columbia College Program of Translations from the Oriental Classics
Subjects: Forty-seven Rōnin, Fiction, Drama, History, Kabuki plays, Plays / Drama
