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The Old Story of the Kusunoki Family (Kusunoki mukashi-banashi): Actors Bandô Kamezô I as the Brushcutter (Shibakari) Tokudayû (R); Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Farmer (Hyakushô) Shôsaku, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kusunoki Tamonmaru; Iwai Shijaku II, formerly Kumesaburô, as Shôsaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Otowa (C); Ichikawa Danzô VI as Tokudayû's Wife (Nyôbô) Miyoshi; and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ubu no Miya Kimitsuna (L)
Artist Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904),
Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese),
Blockcutter Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month