Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Gathering of the Forty-Seven Rōnin
A crowded company of armed men surrounds a kneeling figure in a snowy setting. The frontispiece introduces Mitford’s account of the forty-seven rōnin.
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Japanese artists; individual maker not identified. "The Gathering of the Forty-Seven Rōnin" [editorial title]. In Tales of Old Japan, A. B. Mitford. Both volumes, 1871, undated edition. Source scan leaf 3. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0655-0003
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Japanese artists; individual maker not identified. The Gathering of the Forty-Seven Rōnin. Tales of Old Japan. Scan leaf 3. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0655-0003