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The Syllables Yu and Me: Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Nun Seigen (Seigen-ni) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo, from the series An Instructive Alphabet of Proverbs (Kyôkun iroha tatoe)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
about 1851 (Kaei 4)