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Fourth Month: (Actors Bandô Shûka I as) a Cuckoo (Hototogisu) and (Matsumoto Kôshirô VI as) the Buddha at Birth (Oshaka); Fifth Month: (Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Shôki and (Seki Sanjûrô III as) a Helmet on Display (Agari kabuto), from the series Clever Ideas in Gestures for the Twelve Months (Miburi jûni omoitsuki)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
about 1847–48 (Kôka 4–Kaei 1)