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The Ken Game of the Three Countries (Sangoku ken): Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tobigashira Kakichi (for the Ise Shrine of Japan), Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Fortuneteller (Uranaisha) Sangokuken (for Confucius in China), and Seki Sanjûrô III as the Quack Doctor (Taiko isha) Hôfutei (for the Buddha in India)

Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Publisher Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month