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Clear Weather in Naka-no-chô (Naka-no-chô no seiran): The Itchûbushi Song Contest of Peonies (Itchû Kurabe botan), Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Fuwa Banzaemon and Ichikawa Ichizô III as Nagoya Sanza, from the series Eight Views of Jôruri Ballads (Jôruri hakkei)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese),
Blockcutter Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month