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Shikan (Poetry Name of Actor Nakamura Shikan IV), from the series Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Shichikenjin no mitate, Tôsei ryûkô shichi enjin)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese,
Blockcutter Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 1st month