Onodera junai Hidetomo by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

In this print the Ronin Onodera Junai Hidetomo is seen looking to the distance with a pennant on his back. The writing recounts that Hidetomo was over sixty but brave and a good warrior. He was also a scholar and as the time of the conflict drew near he wrote this poem:

As one grows older
one waits with anticipation
the day the flowers bloom;
How difficult to witness
The year coming to a close