Otani Tomomatsu as Ono no Sadakuro Counting the Stolen Gold Coins (from the series Biographies of the Famous and Loyal Retainers)

Otani Tokuji I as the Retainer Sodesuke in "Flowering Irises: A Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era"

Cleveland Museum of Art

Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

Art Institute of Chicago

Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

Art Institute of Chicago

Act 5 (Godanme), from the series "Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Art Institute of Chicago

Masatsuya: Otani Oniji III as Ono Sadakuro, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Art Institute of Chicago

The actor Otani Tokuji I as manservant Sodesuke

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe Suetake, Onoe Matsusuke I as Usui Sadamitsu, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in “The Four Heavenly Kings Costumed as the Night Watch”

Cleveland Museum of Art

Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Ono Sadakurô in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon Chûshingura”)

Art Institute of Chicago

Act 1 (Daijo), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Art Institute of Chicago

Ono no Takamura uit het Ware verhaal van Montoku

Rijksmuseum

Act 7 (Shichidanme), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Art Institute of Chicago