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At the Ataka Checkpoint in Kaga Province, When Yoshitsune and His Followers Are Suspected by Togashi Saemon, They Pretend to be Ascetics Raising Money for the Construction of the Great Buddha Hall at Tôdai-ji Temple; Benkei Uses His Skills to Read Out a Subscription List, and They Escape the Danger (Kaga no kuni Ataka no shinseki ni te Yoshitsune shujû Togashi Saemon ni mitogamerareshi o Tôdaiji daibutsuden konryû no genja to itsuwari Benkei sokuchi o motte kanjinchô o yomiagete kinan o manukaretamau)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Eshima (Japanese)
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)