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The Origin Story of the Cat Stone at Okabe, Representing One of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Mitate Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi Okabe neko ishi no yurai): Actors Sawamura Sojûrô V (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as the Cat Monster (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôe Inabanosuke (L)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Yama-Ku (2) (Japanese)
1847 (Kôka 4), 7th month