Kusunoki Masashige separating his son, Masayuki, at Sakurai, 1883

A second print treating the Sakurai farewell between Kusunoki Masashige and his son, produced in 1883, this work likely represents an alternate composition or color state of the same subject. The scene of Masashige sending Masatsura home before his final battle at Minatogawa (1336) was among the most morally weighted subjects in Meiji-era printmaking, used to model selfless loyalty to the imperial throne. Kiyochika's engagement with this theme in 1883 reflects the broader print industry's response to government promotion of loyalist historical narratives following the Seinan War and during the formation of the Meiji constitutional state. Compositional differences between the two versions may involve landscape treatment, figure positioning, or tonality.