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A Dance Rehearsel Imitating the First Raising of a Building Pillar (Odori keiyô hashiradate no manebi): Actors Bandô Shûka I as Ôiso no Tora, Bandô Takesaburô I as Soga Jûrô, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ômi Kotôda (R); Arashi Rikan III as Kudô Suketsune, Kataoka Gadô II as Soga Gorô (C); Arashi Kichisaburô III as Yawata Saburô, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Kewaizaka no Shôshô, and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina (L)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month