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The Ôi River, between Kanaya and Shimada, from the Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô] (Gojûsan tsugi no uchi, Kanaya Shimada no aida Ôigawa): Actors Arashi Rikan III as Horse-driver (Mago) Kurige no Dôhachi, Ôtani Tomoemon IV as Akaboshi Daihachi, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost (Bôrei) of Shizuhata (R), Bandô Shûka I as Hitomaru Oroku, Bandô Sajûrô I as the Travelling Actor (Tabiyakusha) Miyagawa Tsuyanojô, and an unidentified actor (L)

Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese)
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 9th month