A samurai blowing a whistle to give a signal, with a drawn sword in his hand. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

Yazama Jūjiro Moto-oki

Most popular of Kuniyoshi's sets of forty-seven loyal samurai, which are often reprinted

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1847/1848.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title Biographical text by Ippitsu-an; phonetic symbols (furigana) to the right of each row of text make the text accessible to those not literate in Chinese characters

Stories of true loyalty of the faithful samurai (no. 13)

Wellcome Collection 36223i