Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka
Date: 1857
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Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
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Description:
In this series on revenge of the 47 Ronin, each print represents one of the ronin in action. Beside the title cartouche is a poem and allusive design by one of Kuniyoshi's daughters. Published by Ise-ya Isaburo. This print shows Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka pulling back a sliding door to disclose two terrified retainers of Moronao, the chamberlain who forced the ronin's daimyo to commit seppuku.. Robinson - Kuniyoshi, The Warrior Prints Weinberg - Kuniyoshi, The Faithful Samurai
![Utagawa Kuniyoshi: [The Syllable Shi:] Tokuda Tadaemon Yukitaka, from the series Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers (Seichû gishin meimei kagami) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc183436.jpg "Utagawa Kuniyoshi: [The Syllable Shi:] Tokuda Tadaemon Yukitaka, from the series Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers (Seichû gishin meimei kagami) - Museum of Fine Arts")