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Actors, from right: Nakamura Utaemon III as Komafune Hachirô; Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Okane; Arashi Rikan II as Awashima Kainosuke; Nakamura Shikan II as Amako Komawakamaru; and Iwai Shijaku I as Osamu, actually Yukari no Mae
Artist Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837),
Publisher Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
1834 (Tenpô 5), 1st month