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Early in the Morning of the 15th Day of the 12th Month, 1702, the 47 Loyal Retainers, Having Achieved Their Goal, All Crossed Ryôgoku Bridge with the Head of Their Enemy and Proceeded to the Memorial Temple (Gishi shijûshichinin honmô o toge jinsû o soroete Ryôgokubashi o hikitori kataki no kubi o shugo shite bodaisho e omomuku kono toki ni Genroku jûgonen jûnigatsu jûgonichi no sôten nari to iu)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
1847–50 (Kôka 4–Kaei 3)