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New Year Music for Top Stars (Senkin haru no gaku): Actors in an Imaginary Street Scene: Bandô Hikosaburô V as a Man in Formal Dress, Sawamura Tanosuke III as a Girl Playing Hanetsuki, and an unidentified actor as a Porter (R); Iwai Kumesaburû III as a Torioi Street Muscian, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I and Bandô Murauemon as Daikagura Street Musians (C); Nakamura Shikan IV as a Monkey Trainer, Ichikawa Ichizô III as a Potted Plant Vendor, and an unidentified child actor (R)

Artist Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904), Publisher Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese), Blockcutter Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 11th month