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Through the Generations, the Sawamura Lineage (Toshidoshi o iwai no kakizome): Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Toneri Matsuômaru, Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Sawamura Sôjûrô 1.5 as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (R); Sawamura Sôjûrô IV as Akashi Shiganosuke, Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Umeno Yoshibei (C); Suketakaya Takasuke II as Kinoshita Tôkichi, Sawamura Tanosuke II as Miyuki, later Asagao, and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Ashikaga Yorikane-kô (L)

Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
1849–52 (Kaei 2-5)