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Lao Laizi (Rôraishi): (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as) Omiwa, with (Nakamura Kantarô and an unidentified actor as) Court Ladies (Kô no tsubone, Kan no tsubone), from the series Matches for the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Mitate nijûshi kô)

Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
1855 (Ansei 2), 6th month