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Actors as Characters in a Soga Play, Representing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Ship: Nakamura Tomozô as Usami no Saburô, Representing Jurôjin (or Fukurokuju); Nakayama Nanshi II as Ôiso no Tora, Representing Benten; Onoe Tamizô II as Kobayashi no Asahina, Representing Hotei; Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV as Kudô Suketsune, Representing Bishamonten; Ichikawa Ebizô V as Soga no Gorô, Representing Daikoku; Ichikawa Ichizô III as Kugami no Saburô, Representing Fukurokuju (or Jurôjin); Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Soga no Jûrô, Representing Ebisu
Artist Gansuitei Yoshitoyo (Japanese, died 1866)
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month