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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Male Geisha (Otoko geisha) Shinkô (L); Matsumoto Kinsho, from Kamigata (kudari), as Chayamawari ...hishi no Kin; Iwai Shijaku II, formerly Kumesaburô III, as the Geisha Oyama (C); and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Male Geisha (Otoko geisha) Arinaka (?) (L)

Artist Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904), Publisher Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese), Blockcutter Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month