Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: Tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin: Act XI, Fifth Episode
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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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The ronin, who are on their way to their master's grave, are stopped by a hatamoto (feudatory), who does not allow them to cross the Sumida River by the Ryogoku Bridge. The news has spread to their deed & the feudal lord, whose province the ronin wish to enter, is fearful he may be accused of harbouring murders, so he sends a hatamoto to turn them away. The ronin are forced to use another bridge. (Act XI)
![Utagawa Hiroshige: The Night Attack, Part 4 [sic; actually 5]: The Retreat across Ryôgoku Bridge (Youchi yon [=go], Ryôgoku hikitori), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc210158.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: The Night Attack, Part 4 [sic; actually 5]: The Retreat across Ryôgoku Bridge (Youchi yon [=go], Ryôgoku hikitori), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: The Night Attack, Part 4 [sic; actually 5]: The Retreat across Ryôgoku Bridge (Youchi yon [=go], Ryôgoku hikitori), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc134477.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: The Night Attack, Part 4 [sic; actually 5]: The Retreat across Ryôgoku Bridge (Youchi yon [=go], Ryôgoku hikitori), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura) - Museum of Fine Arts")