Twenty-three loyal retainers assigned to attack the main gate on their mission for revenge. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
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1847/1850
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36191i
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Twenty-three loyal retainers assigned to attack the main gate on their mission for revenge. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Print by Kunisada in the manner of a popular series on the same subject designed by Kuniyoshi in this period

There were forty-seven loyal retainers on the mission for revenge

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1847/1850.

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Ōju Kōchōrō Toyokuni-ga Bears censor's seal Title reads 'Seichū gishi Kadode no zu'; the text above tells of their deeds

Notes

Picture of the departure of the loyal retainers
Right leaf of a triptych

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Wellcome Collection 36191i

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