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On the Wedding Night of Hachirô Kanja Tametomo and Shiranui, Daughter of the Warrior Aso no Saburô Taira no Tadakuni of Higo Province, the Ladies-in-Waiting Tried to Congratulate the Bridegroom by Hitting Him with Branches of Flowering Cherry, But before They Even Came Close, He Used a Fan to Knock Down All the Branches, without a Single One Touching Him (Higo no kuni mononofu Aso no Saburô Taira no Tadakuni ga musume Shiranui to Hachirô Kanja Tametomo to kon'in no yo koshimotodomo mukogimi o kotohogi sakura no hitoeda o mote utan to suru o hotori e mo yosetsukezu ôgi ni te mochitaru eda o hitotsu mo todomezu uchiotosu): Tadakuni's Daughter (Musume) Shiranui (R), Onzôshi Tametomo (C), and Ladies-in-Waiting
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese),
Blockcutter Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)