Pierre Danés, Bishop of Lavaur, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852 (3rd month)

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. The forty-seven ronin scaling the wall of moronao's palace with bamboo ladders by moonlight. Date: 1852 (3rd month). Dimensions: Height: 37.10 centimetres (c); ; Height: 37.60 centimetres (l); Height: 37.10 centimetres (r); Width: 25.60 centimetres (c); Width: 25 centimetres (l); Width: 25.60 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Seichu Gishi no kikigaki no uchi- uchi-iri hommo no zu (BM 2008,3037.18806 1)