Usagi Yojimbo Color Special — Dark Horse Comics
Issue: #4
Usagi is given a mysterious ceramic persimmon by a dying man, and the ronin promises to deliver the artifact to the man's lord. But the simple promise becomes more complicated when Usagi's life is threatened over the bauble! He must run a gauntlet of assassins and unravel the secret of the green persimmon in time to stop a civil war!
Creators: Tom Luth, Stan Sakai, Jamie S. Rich
Characters: Usagi Yojimbo, Tomoe Ame, Noriyuki