![Utagawa Kuniyasu: Act four [of the Chūshingura]. - Library of Congress](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/loc/images/00281v.jpg "Utagawa Kuniyasu: Act four [of the Chūshingura]. - Library of Congress")
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyasu
Title: Act four [of the Chūshingura].
Date: [between 1815 and 1818]
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Print shows three actors, two possibly represent royal envoys who are to deliver the message that Enya Hangan (Asano Naganori) is to committ seppuku, ritual suicide, the third man is possibly Hangan brandishing a short sword or dagger with which to disembowl himself.