Kanadehon chushingura, Act 4 from the series a Copy for Imitation

Act IV, Yuranosuke displays Hangan's sword. Quite different from Hiroshige's depiction of quiet domestic sorrow, Eisen chooses a scene of the swearing of revenge. Yuranosuke, Hangan's chief councilor, who had been away while the previous events of the play transpired, has returned just after his master carries out his own death sentence, and in time to hear his master's last words "Yuranosuke-this sword--my dying gift to you--you will do what is best." Yuranosuke and the other retainers, now masterless, are driven from their master's palace by an officious observer from court. Toe print depicts the scene when, driven from their former stronghold, Yuranosuke displays the sword with which Hangan dispatched himself, while the official brutally orders them to disperse.