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Backstage and Dressing Rooms (Odori keiyô gakuya no zu) (top); Backstage at a Newly Opened Theater (Odori keiyô nikai-iri no zu) (bottom): Actors Sawamura Tosshô II, Arashi Kichisaburô III, Bando Hikosaburô IV, Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburô III (TR); Ichikawa Komazô VII, Onoe Kikujirô II, ? , Arashi Rikan III, Arashi Kichiroku I (TC); Ôtani Tomomatsu I (?), Nakayama Ichizô I, Nakamura Momosa II (?), Arashi Kangorô I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I (TL); Nakamura Daikichi III, Morita Kan'ya XI, Nakamura Kôzô I, Asao Yoroku II, Kataoka Gadô II (BR); Onoe Kikugorô IV, Seki Sanjûrô III, Nakamura Kantarô I, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII [Nakamura Uzaemon XIII?], Bandô Takesaburô I, Kataoka Gatô II (?), Arashi Koroku V (BC); Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Ichikawa Dannosuke V, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Iwai Kumesaburô III (BL)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month