Snowy landscape with all 47 ronin (samurai without leader), gathering before avenging the death of their leader, in the foreground a rope ladder is thrown over the wall, in the background a bridge over a river. The small rectangular cartouches mention the names of the samurai, The revenge of the faithful samurai without leader Gishi katakiuchi no zu, print maker: Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), publisher: Aritaya Seiemon, (mentioned on object), Murata Heiemon, (mentioned on object), print maker: Japan, publisher: Tokyo, Tokyo, 1846, paper, colour woodcut, h 366 mm × w 740 mm

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