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Collection of Scenes (Teiyô zukushi) [title at upper left, reading uncertain]: Animals in Kabuki Roles: A Fox as Kuzunoha, and a Fox Cub as Her Child; a Fox as Komachi and a Mouse as Narihira, from the play The Six Poetic Immortals; (a Fox as) Konami and a Cat as Tonase; a Cat as Yatabei and a Cat as Hayakawa Takakage, from the play The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest; (a Cat as Kudô Suketsune,) a Fox as Maizuru, a Fox as Jûrô Sukenari, and a Cat as Gorô Tokimune (Kitsune no Kuzunoha, Kogitsune no dôji; Kitsune no Komachi, Nezumi no Narihira, Rokkasen no uchi; [Kitsune no] Konami, Neko no Tonase; Neko no Yatabei, Neko no Hayakawa Takakage, Sanmon Gosan no Kiri no uchi; [Neko no Kudô Suketsune,] Kitsune no Maizuru, Kitsune no Jûrô Sukenari, Neko no Gorô Tokimune)
1858 (Ansei 5), 12th month