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Body of the Instrument for the Element of Wood, String-knot Holder for the Element of Metal; Highly Auspicious (Kakurindô no kisei, neo-kake no kinsei, daikichi): Actor Onoe Eizaburô I (Onoe Matsusuke II) and Shamisen Music, from the series Auspicious Combinations for the Various Arts (Shogei aioi tsukushi)
Artist Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867),
Publisher Katai (Japanese)
about late 1800s–early 1810s