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Contest of Art, a Dressing-room Critique (Gei kurabe gakuya no hyôban); Actors depicted: ?, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Nakamura Kamenojô I, Seki Sanjûrô III, Ichikawa Ichizô III (R); Bandô Hikosaburô V, ?, Jitsukawa Enjaku I, Nakamura Fukusuke II, Sawamura Tosshô I, Nakayama Genjûrô? (C); Nakamura Tsurusuke IV ?, Ichikawa Danzô VI, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Yonejûrô II, Arashi Hinasuke VII (L)
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900),
Publisher Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese,
Blockcutter Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 11th month