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Utagawa Hiroshige

The Night Attack, Part 3: Mission Accomplished (Youchi san, honmo), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

c. 1834/39
Color woodblock print; oban
25.6 × 36.6 cm (10.1 × 14.4 in)

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Kira is found hiding in a shed in the courtyard after the defeat of his retainers. Asano’s death is now avenged by Kuranosuke’s killing of Kira after he refuses to commit seppuku , a tradition expected of a samurai. This scene and the play end with the ronin preparing to march to the site of Asano’s grave with evidence of their success.

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