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Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Shinzô Kochô, Actually the Spirit of a Cat (Jitsu wa neko no sei) (R); Iwai Shijaku II as the Courtesan (Keisei) Usugumo (C); and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Jûza, Actually the Spirit of an Old Rat (Jitsu wa kyûso no sei) (L)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880),
Publisher Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese),
Blockcutter Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month (?)